pablolie;237800 Wrote: > While it is true that the AE5 have a bass punch that with some material > is a tad over the top, I disagree with it being extreme. > > I actually think that many audiophile setups are a tad bass shy. It is > a venerable tradition. We grow up, audiophile like, through bookshelf > speakers, then perhaps we get tower speakers. > > But go to a good classical music live concert with a bass heavy string > example, and Pachelbel will sound a lot punchier than he did on the > bookshelf speaker setup.
Sure, but I'm not comparing to tinny bookshelf speakers--I've had B&W Nautilus 803s , Vandersteen 2ce signatures, and a huge pair of Klipsches (can't recall the model) at various points and I've heard a lot of other nice setups with excellent low-end. There's a big difference between a pair of speakers that can actually reveal the low-end and one that overemphasizes it. Again, it's ultimately not a huge point and the audioengines are a very nice piece of kit (as I said, I like them enough that I'm probably going to get another pair). Compared to other products in their category (powered, small, and not incredibly spendy) they sound very nice indeed. -- SumnerH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SumnerH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39300 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
