Duevel's "Venus "Speaker or Shaninian's "Obelisk". Which offers the best sound quality?


This thread might rehash, the old argument of Omni directional speakers vs tradition forward firing box speakers.

However, the main question  is which speaker:... the  Duevel's "Venus" speaker or the Shaninian "Obellisk"  offers the best or most CONVINCING sound quality??.  

 Also, if anyone knows how either might compare to any of the older Audio Physic speakers, like the Virgo I and II, the Libra, Tempo I.... or even the more current  AP Scorpio 25.

Thank you,  S.J 

sunnyjim
The Planets, as mentioned above.
Price depends of
- finish (black in permanent stock)
- value of the euro
- speed of delivery if not for a color in stock (means grouped or special order).
Have a look at www.duevel.com then let me know by email, with your full address info for the shipping calculation.

Best,
Pascal
+1 For the Shahinian Obelisk's! I sat next to Richard Shahinian for hours as he demoed them using various classical LP's! I was impressed! He offered to sell me the demo pair for $450! Regretfully I passed it up!
Hi Pascal, nice to see you drop by, and also give some more information out to the masses. Well, maybe not masses...

i have to say, I am very pleased with my Venus, music coming along nicely at around the 250 or so hour mark. More to come in due time.

i realize that this thread was started talking about comparisons of Duevel Venus to Shahinian Obelisk, I owned Obelisk 2 for a period of time a few years ago. Both speakers do things a bit differently of course, and while I liked the Obelisk, I could never quite get them to sound right in my current room. The Duevel Venus just seems to fit and was much easier to implement. 

I wont go into it all, so many things come in to play, there isn’t necessarily a one “size” fits all. I am very glad that I decided to give the Venus a try though. Thanks again Pascal, for helping me get there! 

Tim