Tireguy et al: the 250mm 4 ohm woofer Verity specced from Dynaudio was chosen primarily for its incredible speed!
Perceptions of slowness are completely room-related, when the Encore is configured with a rear-firing bass module.
Believe me, when the woofer is set up front-firing, in a nearfield triangle, the bass is very nearly as fast as the Encore's 'stat-like 130mm midrange! As normally configured, the Encore (and Fidelio) absolutely require boundary support. As I have mine 10' out from the front wall I had to flip 'em around. Then I discovered nirvana!
Two best friends of mine who play pro standup jazz bass are
completely pleased by the bass presentation of these Puppy-killers. One is also a guitar pickup manufacturer, and the other a Steinway rebuilder, so these guys have ears, too.
But the most profound attrinute of this speaker is its coherent, natural, ultraquick midrange, sourced from Edgwind Skaaning in Denmark (retired ex-head of Scanspeak and Dynaudio). This remarkable driver is so clean in behaviour that it's run without a crossover! So acoustic crosses are at a low 150Hz and jigh 5kHz. Hence the remarkable coherence...even in the nearfield.
The afore-mentioned woofer really acts more like a sub, and is flat in my room to 30Hz, usable to 25.
The 28mm custom tweeter extends quite flatly, so although it's quite forgiving of room placement, it's VERY revealing of upstream artifact.
I ran mine with Red Dawn for two years, living with a tiny amount of transient leading edge slight "clickiness" that I thought was due to Redbook limitations (even with my EMC-1 MkII), yet was pleasantly surprised to very readily find that even the most minor deviations fron neutrality disappeared when installing Nordost SPM cables. I now use SPM XLRs on the CDP too, but have to balance they're increased "inner lighting" of the soundstage with a bit less forgiveness of less-perfect software. It's all about balance and tradeoff.
I probably won't replace any components in my system soon (including the Aleph P and 2 monos), but I'm sure that my Encores are here for life! They completely transformed my hitherto increasing boredom with recorded music into an active affair again. I notice that I've bought 150+ CD this past year...rather than the 10-20 of previous years.
If you can score a pair of demo Encores for under $10k don't blink!
I MIGHT look at Sophias and Revels, too, and maybe the new Joseph? Have fun, and pay great attention to your other componentry, as the Encores will reward you with all positive steps.
Perceptions of slowness are completely room-related, when the Encore is configured with a rear-firing bass module.
Believe me, when the woofer is set up front-firing, in a nearfield triangle, the bass is very nearly as fast as the Encore's 'stat-like 130mm midrange! As normally configured, the Encore (and Fidelio) absolutely require boundary support. As I have mine 10' out from the front wall I had to flip 'em around. Then I discovered nirvana!
Two best friends of mine who play pro standup jazz bass are
completely pleased by the bass presentation of these Puppy-killers. One is also a guitar pickup manufacturer, and the other a Steinway rebuilder, so these guys have ears, too.
But the most profound attrinute of this speaker is its coherent, natural, ultraquick midrange, sourced from Edgwind Skaaning in Denmark (retired ex-head of Scanspeak and Dynaudio). This remarkable driver is so clean in behaviour that it's run without a crossover! So acoustic crosses are at a low 150Hz and jigh 5kHz. Hence the remarkable coherence...even in the nearfield.
The afore-mentioned woofer really acts more like a sub, and is flat in my room to 30Hz, usable to 25.
The 28mm custom tweeter extends quite flatly, so although it's quite forgiving of room placement, it's VERY revealing of upstream artifact.
I ran mine with Red Dawn for two years, living with a tiny amount of transient leading edge slight "clickiness" that I thought was due to Redbook limitations (even with my EMC-1 MkII), yet was pleasantly surprised to very readily find that even the most minor deviations fron neutrality disappeared when installing Nordost SPM cables. I now use SPM XLRs on the CDP too, but have to balance they're increased "inner lighting" of the soundstage with a bit less forgiveness of less-perfect software. It's all about balance and tradeoff.
I probably won't replace any components in my system soon (including the Aleph P and 2 monos), but I'm sure that my Encores are here for life! They completely transformed my hitherto increasing boredom with recorded music into an active affair again. I notice that I've bought 150+ CD this past year...rather than the 10-20 of previous years.
If you can score a pair of demo Encores for under $10k don't blink!
I MIGHT look at Sophias and Revels, too, and maybe the new Joseph? Have fun, and pay great attention to your other componentry, as the Encores will reward you with all positive steps.