Castle speakers IAG

I just sold a pair of Castle Howard S3's, their newest flagship. The build quality and sound were first-rate. Highly recommended.

I just bought a pair of Castle Warwick 3's. So far I have a very bad image of this IAG group!

I can not use my speakers because the binding posts are not 5 way ones! They only accept bare wire and spades! I use bananas so I am out of luck until I can buy new cables! Wow, great!

This day and age $1000 pair of speakers that don't have 5 ways? That's pretty strange. Also CHEAP I might add!

They used to cost $1390 when they were English owned and made. I think they might have been better then.

Maybe I answered my own question to this post the hard way. As I have very little respect for this IAG group from China.

I tried to call them at their USA number and it is disconnected! I wrote two emails on the Castle website and my emails were returned failure to deliver.

The IAG group itself gives no email address.

So far I am very disappointed in them.

Not sure about the models you received but the Castle Howard S3s I owned had dual five way binding posts for biwiring with either bananas or spades. Maybe they put in more at the top of their range?

Hello,

Just a quick update. I have the Castle Warwick 3's up and running now in my main system as of last night. I had to buy new cables that have spade connectors as the speakers themselves only use bare wire and spades. They are not banana end compatible. Only a few of their models in the classic range do this and I am not sure why.

Anyways, other than that issue the speakers are made flawless. The cabinet work is outstanding. I got mine in rosewood. They seem very well made. It is still a bit early to tell sound wise but I like what I hear so far.

It is a very easy on the ear kind of sound. Smooth. The music is presented in an interesting manner. The bass starts and stops on a dime. Soundstage is good and fairly deep. Even though my Proacs seem better overall, at almost twice the price I might add, I still find the Castles to be musical and very enjoyable to listen to. I am having fun here. I actually could hear some details in my recordings I didn't hear before which surprised me. Upper bass and midrange detail are superb.

Anything negative to say would have to wait because there is less than 5 hours on these so far.