Daedalus Audio speakers - Muse or Muse studio

d2girls

Saw your post on Audio Circle, Lou at times responds on ACircle posts. but you might want to go ahead though and directly email or call him about whether or not he has any Canadian customers that might be able to help you out. 

Different topic - don't know if you are a Maple Leafs fan or not, but if you are it should be an exciting year. I'll be rooting for them to win the Cup because my beloved NY Rangers are years away from having a shot at doing so. 

We've been in communication with Lou already. Honestly all there is left to consider is how they sound. That's why I think an audition is so important.

As for hockey, no, I'm not really a fan of the sport. Sacrilege, I know. I was injured in an accident as a kid and have stayed far away from hockey and ice for the rest of my life. I'm always impressed by the level of technical skill the sport entails, but I've never been able to get excited about the Leafs as they are such a poorly managed and run team compared to anything else the sport has to offer.

@d2girls--absolutely, hear them if you can but if you can't there are a few of us here that have direct, substantial experience with both brands (Harbeth and Daedalus) who can give you a good idea of what to expect should you go from one to the other. Of course, everyone's ears are different, but if you can't get an audition or get to CAF (or better yet, to Ferndale which is in a beautiful part of the PNW near the Canadian border) the views of these folks will have to suffice. You mentioned "cohesiveness" in your last post so let me weigh in on that--one thing I love about the Harbeth sound is the absence of any crossover issues. When I was looking to replace my Compact 7s with something bigger for our new room, several speakers I demoed put me off because I could not get past what I heard as obvious transitions between the drive units. My ears may have been sensitive to this because the Harbeth's are so coherent. When I finally got to hear the Daedalus speakers one (of many things) that immediately impressed was just how coherent they sounded despite being a multi-driver system. Lou has worked with one of the leading designers of complex crossovers in developing his proprietary designs and his crossovers are packed with highly sophisticated, premium parts. This is one of many reasons why his speakers simply sound like live music, as opposed to good (or even great) hifi.

I want to make clear that I don't think the Harbeths are not cohesive FAR from it. We were simply thinking that Daedalus could be another step up, since it is a 3 way. We're trying to find a pair of Daedalus speakers locally that someone might be kind to let us come and take a listen.