I own a pair of future .5´s since 1 year ago.
The ribbon tweeter really loves tubes, it is also very dangerous as it has no mercy with upstream components.
The woofer may not have too much slam for some tastes, but sounds pretty and goes down until real 28hz, .
If you choose the right amp they are lovely, very very open, lots of air, detail, liquid mids, organic low end ...
The reflex port is at the base and tweeter is a dipolar design, so they are not very difficult to place, althogh they need air around them, mine are about 2.5 feet away the side wall and 3 of back wall.
I would not place closer than 6 feet between them. Also the listening position should be more than 8-10 feet away, it is a 3-way model and the drivers may have some integration issues.
Mine are powered with Cary 805C and I love the combo.
Before Cary, they were powered with a Plinius SA102, nice, but without SET glory, and a Van Alstine 350Ex, lots of drive, but not too much detail.
I would like to audition them with a good high powered push-pull amp, probably low end would be better then.
The ribbon tweeter really loves tubes, it is also very dangerous as it has no mercy with upstream components.
The woofer may not have too much slam for some tastes, but sounds pretty and goes down until real 28hz, .
If you choose the right amp they are lovely, very very open, lots of air, detail, liquid mids, organic low end ...
The reflex port is at the base and tweeter is a dipolar design, so they are not very difficult to place, althogh they need air around them, mine are about 2.5 feet away the side wall and 3 of back wall.
I would not place closer than 6 feet between them. Also the listening position should be more than 8-10 feet away, it is a 3-way model and the drivers may have some integration issues.
Mine are powered with Cary 805C and I love the combo.
Before Cary, they were powered with a Plinius SA102, nice, but without SET glory, and a Van Alstine 350Ex, lots of drive, but not too much detail.
I would like to audition them with a good high powered push-pull amp, probably low end would be better then.