Kost
It all depends on setup. Just because the "factory rep" set them up doesn't mean a lot.
The rep may or may not know the store's gear, and may have setup a system that may or may not have worked for the speakers or for your tastes for any number of reasons.
Then you have the other variables which is the room's acoustics and the collection of gear that they have to work with.
The Persona are incredible speakers if you set them up correctly, one of the most important issues is system tuning. The Personas have a very neutral tonal balance, therefore, they tend to need warmer electronics to not sound sterile.
So perhaps the Personas you heard you might have really liked setup totally differently or perhaps not.
We have found that the Personas respond very favorably with Isoacoustics Gaia footers, add some of the Furutech NCF boosters to your system and just by adding those two items your tonal balance will be a bit on the fuller side.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
It all depends on setup. Just because the "factory rep" set them up doesn't mean a lot.
The rep may or may not know the store's gear, and may have setup a system that may or may not have worked for the speakers or for your tastes for any number of reasons.
Then you have the other variables which is the room's acoustics and the collection of gear that they have to work with.
The Persona are incredible speakers if you set them up correctly, one of the most important issues is system tuning. The Personas have a very neutral tonal balance, therefore, they tend to need warmer electronics to not sound sterile.
So perhaps the Personas you heard you might have really liked setup totally differently or perhaps not.
We have found that the Personas respond very favorably with Isoacoustics Gaia footers, add some of the Furutech NCF boosters to your system and just by adding those two items your tonal balance will be a bit on the fuller side.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ