Legacy Audio AERIS: RMAF/listening impressions?

Thanks Dragon. Yes, my ears are sensitive to the high end. I like a relaxed natural sound. I have had proacs for years now, so staging and imaging are very important. When I heard the top line Vandy's, I got most of the staging and imaging, but it was much more musical. I just wanted to sit down and keep listening. Now that I have Ayre on my Proac Supertowers, I'm loving them. It's like a new speaker. I still want the Vandy's, but it really is amazing at how every change can make a huge difference.

Is there a driver on the bottom of the AERIS? Why is there a grill on the back (or am I mistaken)?

Dont' think there's a driver on the bottom. The grill is on the side as it's an open design. Kind of like Dalquest and Vandersteen. It's a great speaker. I'd love to hear them vs the Vandy Quatro carbon that are about 6k less I think. I have heard both a fair amount but with different electronics in different rooms. I have loved the Vandy's with all Ayre gear. I heard the AERIS with Classe as I stated above. They have a similar sound, but the Vandy's just get it right. I loved the piano on heard on the Vandy's better than any speaker I've listened to.

Hey CT, I went thru the same motions with AudioEtc.when I was moving from the Focus HD to the SE. Although the SE's they had were demos' and old style, ie no AMT-sounded horrible thru the Rotel equipment- they should rethink demoing Legacy's with better equipment. It was a misunderstanding even being there because I was interested in moving up to the AMT SE and wasnt interested in the predicate piano black SE demo. Being a brick and mortar shop they had no room to make a decent trade in offer/SE list price reduction on my mint HD's so I gladly dealt with a dealer in CA. My only risk was buying them unheard, and that didnt bother me. My HD's were great in my system so my thought was the SE/AMT could only be better. It worked out well as he sold my HD's for me (ie trade in-great price) and gave me a great price on the SE's with free ship right from Legacy. It worked out well with WAF as I told her they were smaller speakers! DOH! The sculpted cabs are deceiving. However, Fed-Ex damaged one in shipping and Legacy made good, building me a brand new pair and used UPS Freight instead. The Aeris looks awesome and probably sounds just as, but way out of my $$ league. Gear upgrades are done as my first kid of three starts college next year. where in CT are you? I am in Meriden.

Yyzsantabarbara,

Yes, the Aeris does in fact have a down firing passive radiator recessed very deeply from the bottom, as well as 2 small ports in the rear.