RMAF Loudspeakers?

The Von Schweikert/Moscode combo just works for some reason. I once owned Von Schweikert VR4 Gen III HSE and drove them with a Moscode 401HR, and the result was excellent. Wish I still owned that system, in some respects.

IMO, the Daedalus DA-Rma were superior to the Ulysses at this particular show. More cohesive and balanced. The bass went surprisingly deep...no doubt assisted by the smallish room.

I don't mean to go against the grain but I spent some time in the Von Schweikert room and I thought they were not great. I thought they imaged well but I found the soundstage from top to bottom to be totally unrealistic. For instance on one track one guitarist sounded like he was coming from the floor and another from about 4-5 feet above the speaker. Having heard that track in other systems it was totally distorted. I would suspect the detached cabinets gets in the way of seemlessly integrating. Just my two cents. I was on a similar quest in terms of speaker selecting and I didn't come away with anything that totally fit the bill that I loved. The best I found was a speaker I'd never heard of called Salk. The materials in that speaker are probably close to 1/3 or better of retail. They only sell direct. That's a far cry from the 1 to 10 ratio most manufacturers try to hit.

10-05-09: Mmike84
I don't mean to go against the grain but I spent some time in the Von Schweikert room and I thought they were not great.

No need to apologize for having a different opinion.

If everyone had the same taste, then there'd be only one room at RMAF.

TVAD,

You and I must have very similar tastes as my list of favorite rooms are nearly identical to yours.

The Classic Audio room was my favorite. Merlin/Joule was also fantastic as were the Joseph Audio Pearl/Bel Canto room.

I also liked the Esoteric room and the odd combination of Parasound and Wharfdale.

Jim- what was the show special in the Classic Audio room? i've always wanted to hear them with the Atmaspheres.

Did you guys hear the new Zu Essence? i am considering a pair of Def 1.9s for my next speaker.

seems like the new Vandys are the real deal as well.