Back in the 1980's, I auditioned a pair of Hales being sold by a college student. I loved the sound, the solid (heavy) construction, and the small footprint. I really wanted to pull the trigger, but knew that they wouldn't manage to replace my Sonus Faber Electa Amators, so I passed. Whenever I see a pair of Hales for sale here on Audiogon (which is rare), I'm reminded of that pair and look to see if they are being offered by someone near me.
Back to Hales (Transcendence 5)
While in college I saved up my Walmart garden center wage earnings for my first pair of real hifi speakers from Insight Audio in the Dallas area. Their demo of the Hales Revelation speakers blew me away. About twenty years later they were replaced with a pair of JBLs. Flash forward 7 years and lot of room acoustics work I currently own two pairs of speakers and was not looking for a third. TMR recently put up for sale a pair of Transcendence 5s. I impulse purchased them they same evening I saw them listed. I just got them this morning and made room for them. The grills are in perfect condition, which is very unusual. Overall they are in great condition for their age. TMR does a great job about being upfront on condition.
I set them up with my ML 532H, Bricasti M3 and Purist cables. They sound awesome. They walk that Hales line of clarity/tautness and body so well. The sound is very big. The HF is not as good as my more expensive speakers. Improvement to my electronics chain could help some, I'm sure. I am very excited to return to the brand with a pair of the "good ones" I could not afford back when they sold new so wanted to post this.
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