Shahinian Speakers


I would appreciate any comments regarding how these speakers compare to others; like for example Magnepan or Quad. How would you describe their strong & weak points.
Thank you very much for your thoughts.
geno

Showing 1 response by cwlondon

Do you mean the Shahinian Obelisk? Despite their audiophile cult following, I don't get it. A friend of mine traded in a wonderful pair of Apogee Stages and bought these and they were one of the least impressive things I have ever heard. Sounded like an ordinary, dynamically driven, mid fi ish box speaker to my ears other than the weird -- its supposed to be holographic but its actually vague and muddied, sounds like it could almost be out of phase -- "imaging." Don't mean to discourage you as maybe it was the set up, room or associated components, but to my ears I would no more compare these speakers to Quad and Magnepan than I would compare Spam to Kobe beef.