Ø Audio anyone?

@starman1962 - may I ask-where are you buying these from?

The phi speakers are among the sweetest, clearest speakers I have ever laid ears on. Of course no small amount of credit should be given to the Boulder mono block amps in the system.  Hard to describe but capitivating, nothing forced or objectionable in the sound at all, just sweet yet unvarnished music.   the last but significant few percent of improvement you hear by spending much more money.  

diminished returns but noticeable and enjoyable.  

+1 @avanti1960 

Sounded so good at AXPONA 2025 I stayed for extended listening.  I’m a little disappointed that the fabulous sounding Boulder electronics were outside my budget.  

Wondering if anyone has recently bought these speakers and how they have worked out. I’m considering high sensitivity speakers, considering ICON12, Volti, Joseph Crowe No.3154. 

My criteria is room filling real-life music. 90-100db sensitivity for 25-50W class A amps.

Any other suggestions folks here have?

@kennyc Like you I listened to that room twice at Axpona 2025. I was intent on buying speakers and considered these. The asking price was $23,500 and I felt this was overpriced compared to some of the competition. They sounded good and had good bass but I ended up buying new Legacy Focus SE for almost half the price. Never regretted that purchase. I had a good talk with one of the sales people, the guy carrying around the stupid hand axe. It shocked me he called the Boulder amps crap and said they were always running out of power. This actually was a surprise for me especially considering he borrowed the amps from someone else and they weren’t even his. I’ll be at Axpona again in April and I imagine their new distributers or dealers will be showing them.