| The Respons Loudspeakers,
Akustikmiljo, Solid Tech room. The
Swedish contingent, from Marten and from Jorma Design, mentioned
that these speakers were also by a Swedish gentlemen. So when I
finally got to this room, I thought 'Oh, these are the speakers
that they mentioned'.
I really had no time to listen, but what
I did hear reminded me of the Marten speakers in that there is the
attempt to render music competently. Similar to other brands as
well, for example the *Acoustic Zen Adagios, at one extreme, and
the *Marten Coltrane Supremes, at the other, there seems to be an
attempt to apply an even hand, top to bottom, to all aspects of
the performance and not pander to this or that constituency.
My impressions, and staring at the ARC
amps it may be the sound of the amps I am describing, most
definitely something close - are hat this was a neutral yet
musical sound, with a round rather than a delineated pattern of
note formation. Good control, not a lot of air. Yep, sounds like
the amps. Which is a very good sign, if they can sound different
on different amps. Perhaps we will be able to hear this at the
next show....?
These speakers, in hindsight, were
getting good buzz at the show - I just assumed that Respons was
spelled 'Response', and so didn't sync up the mythical 'Response'
speakers with these 'Respons' speakers until an embarrassingly
long time after I visited this room. |
