Greatness: Recognition at last

The Caravelle's with the dedicated stands will be 5k. Tom

Panderso, you will love the warmth and musicality of these speakers. They are NOT THIN sounding by ANY stretch. In fact they are extremely musical. I have them in a near field listening set up and they image and dissapear. The bass will surprise you for sure. I have an audiophile friend who comes over and can't believe the bass quantity and quality. He has the larger Wilson's.

After Srajan of 6moons.com mentioned that these speakers were sounding mighty fine in the Sistrum room at RMAF 2004, I went over and had a listen. One piece they played was a tough classical piece. The separation, stability, accuracy and coherency were very good, missing only just a little involvement (but it was not unmusical) and, what would you call it... charm? ...character? like, say, the Sonus Faber Extrema - which itself happens to sound the slightest bit boxey (which the Caravelles absolutely does not) and ... top-to-bottom even handedness? Well, that is part of the Extrema's charm, its brahzos, its raison d'etra if you will :-)

Similar to another granite enclosed monitor speaker design, that of Intuitive Designs, this sounded like a damn good small speaker to me for those who want high-dollar top-to-bottom accuracy and even handedness; a box-free, musical, and appropriately dynamic sound at a very reasonable price.

Enjoy!
Mike (who doesn't sell or plan on selling any of these fine speakers, but does own the Extremas :-)

Thanks all. I got price and shipping partics, plus a very enlightening and generous short course on sound engineering from Robert at Star Sound. Now I just have to gather the means, having over-extended a bit on the last round of upgrades...

Does anyone know what kind of drivers they use. I remember someone on audiogon saying that they used $50 Peerless drivers. Also are there multiple options for stands? I saw different dedicated stands on their website and at the show that 6moons reviewed.