NY Audio Show September 26th to September 28th

EBM, no Turkeys?

Nothing I have ever heard touches MBL for soundstage imaging and large scale when done right/well.

EBM will be doing review of this show for TAS, probably around Thanksgiving time.

Head down the street in Brooklyn to OHM for some real good sounding good value speakers that many might actually be able to afford, especially in Manhattan!

No turkeys there! May not be very pretty though.....

Gobble gobble....

I think I spoke with him once at SBS.

SBS was a cool place, at least when the gear on display was working properly. There were some nice sales guys there.

I heard Volti at a show a few years back. VEry nice looking and sounded OK. Did not get a chance to listen extensively. I did with THese. Different look but a fantastic value at the time for what you got I thought and the sound was one of the best coming from horn designs at the show. Lots of absorbed listeners in the vendors room.

Whoops, wrong url. Try This for Cathedral Speakers.

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Honestly I have not heard teh Volti enough to say for certain. The one time I heard them at Capital audiofest a couple years back was brief and teh setup far from optimal.

WHereas I spent a good half hour or so listening to the Cathedrals and the setup in the room overall was more optimal.

Based on limited sample, I preferred the tonal balance and overall presentation of the Cathedrals to teh VOlti. THe Cathedral sound was more like what I have heard that I like from various more modern horn designs, very clean, uncolored and dynamic, with perhaps slight touch of warmth. But I suspect either of the two could be setup to please my ears with a little time and effort.

I just thought the Cathedrals I heard to be a very sound value for a pair of large high efficiency horns and heard more from those that I liked.

I do not even recall exactly what gear was used with either, so that makes it even harder to compare. I do recall the Cathedral demo was done with some fairly modest cost vintage gear and a fairly conventional CD source however, so that impressed me as well.

If I recall the pricing correctly Cathedral pricing comes in at a fraction of the cost of Volti Vitoras. I really liked the Volti's loooks though. I came in really wanting to like the sound similarly but I just recall the results not living up to my expectations. I recall the setup being quite haphazard in the middle of some room off the lobby though, probably not by preference.