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Best Speakers at RMAF 2011...?

What speakers impressed you at RMAF 2011 and why?
Anything underwhelming, despite the hype?

I found the following to be very intriguing and impressive.
- In no particular order:

1) Magico Q1
2) Totem Element (Fire)
3) Avalon Idea
4) Totem Hawk? (Hegel Room)
5) Evolution Acoustics MM Micro One
6) Joseph Speakers, Perspective

These speakers seemed to have a very good mix of macro and micro dynamics, bass response, articulation, musicality, sound stage and a seemingly limitless high frequency range.

At $2k, the Evolution Acoustics may be a bargain of the bunch.

Appreciate your thoughts...!
optimus
rgs92
958 posts
 
Yep, someone who's opinion I respect immensely said Wilson finally got the Watt/Puppy right with the Sashas. I always thought the WP could be great if not for it's fatal flaws with rough sandpaper vocals and almost buzzy strings and over-jazzy brass. (I guess those are pretty big faults, though.)
So did the RMAF Sashas ameliorate those things?
jp1208
502 posts
 
Vapor1, you may have something very good here. Is this the first time that you had this particular speaker at a show? Nice of Steve to mention your speaker even though his room had the YG's as well.
telescope_trade
539 posts
 
Anybody on the Emerald Physics room??
hfisher3380
167 posts
 
Rgs92 - I've never been a huge fan of Wilson speakers, always found them a bit closed in somehow. I heard the Sashas in several rooms at RMAF and most sounded pretty good but the room with the Doshi electronics outshone them all IMO - really brought those Sashas to life.
salectric
683 posts
 
1. Western Electric 757 speakers in the Silbatone room
2. Daedalus speakers in the Galibier room with Serious Stereo amps
3. Volti Audio Vittora
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