Hi Geared4me, to answer your questions:
1) I run all Stealth cables in my system, Indra-Metacarbon IC's and Dream Petite speaker wire, have extensive experience with Mod Wright preamps and have had Nelson Pass amps in my system for over twenty years, this gear was what John was driving his speakers with, so I'm very comfortable with what the system was adding to the overall sonic prespective.
2)John's room was too small in my opinion to allow his speakers to really show their full potential, yet they still offered all the wonderful sonic traits I discussed in my review, so there performance will just become better in a larger acoustic space.
3)I always bring the same four CD's to audition speakers with, so I have baseline of what the speakers/system is producing compared to my MG-20's in my system.
4)Finally, I would never buy a speaker that I have not had in my own system for an extented audition period. I did not go to John's place because I'm in the market for speakers, but because I find it to be great fun to listen to new designs and talk to creative designers about their products. I'm really at heart a planer/di-pole speaker fan, so for me to be impressed by a box enclosure design is quite a compliment to this speaker. No, I did not buy the speakers, but would love to do a home audition sometime in the future.
1) I run all Stealth cables in my system, Indra-Metacarbon IC's and Dream Petite speaker wire, have extensive experience with Mod Wright preamps and have had Nelson Pass amps in my system for over twenty years, this gear was what John was driving his speakers with, so I'm very comfortable with what the system was adding to the overall sonic prespective.
2)John's room was too small in my opinion to allow his speakers to really show their full potential, yet they still offered all the wonderful sonic traits I discussed in my review, so there performance will just become better in a larger acoustic space.
3)I always bring the same four CD's to audition speakers with, so I have baseline of what the speakers/system is producing compared to my MG-20's in my system.
4)Finally, I would never buy a speaker that I have not had in my own system for an extented audition period. I did not go to John's place because I'm in the market for speakers, but because I find it to be great fun to listen to new designs and talk to creative designers about their products. I'm really at heart a planer/di-pole speaker fan, so for me to be impressed by a box enclosure design is quite a compliment to this speaker. No, I did not buy the speakers, but would love to do a home audition sometime in the future.