DEMO NO.1
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN(COST: 16K APPROX, FROM BERESFORD, UK) (BTW IT IS DISCONTINUED & NEW MODEL CALLED BUSH MASTER)
AMP: EMOTIVA X-100A MINI (COST: 19K EX MUMBAI, THROUGH AVENUE SOUND)
SPEAKERS: SONY GR8?
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
FM CYCLOPS1234 WAS KEEN TO HEAR HIS SPEAKERS WITH ANOTHER AMP, HIS AMP BEING THE NORGE 2060, SO HE REQUESTED US TO HOOK UP HIS SONY SPEAKERS. WE HEARD 1 TRACK & THAT WAS END OF IT AS, 1) IT WAS A WARM UP TO START THE MEET, 2) TRIED TO SHUT UP THE AUDIENCE AS THEY WERE CHATTING A LOT BUT SEEING THE SPEAKERS IT FAILED & 3) THESE ARE NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE IN THE MARKET.
ASKED AROUND, NO ONE INTERESTED EVEN TO MAKE A COMMENT !
MY VIEW: NICE TP BUT NOT NICE WHEN WE HAVE SOO MUCH GEARS TO DEMO. FEEL SAD FOR FM CYCLOPS1234 AS THE NEXT DEMOS WHICH FOLLOWED HAVE SHATTERED HIS PEACE OF MIND FOREVER & THAT THE UPGRADITIS BUG HAS HIT HIM H A R D
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DEMO NO.2
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN
AMP: EMOTIVA X-100A MINI
SPEAKERS: PSB IMAGE B4 (COST: 21K, LAKOZY/ROHIT ENTERPRISE-PUNE)
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
NARROW SOUNDSTAGE, CLEAN VOCALS, POOR INSTRUMENT SEPARATION. SPEAKERS COULD BE BETTER THAN THEY SOUND IN SMALL ROOMS WITH OR WITHOUT DIFFERENT AMP. DRIVER EXCURSION WAS HEAVY WHEN VOL WENT PAST 1 OCLOCK. THOUGHT THE SPEAKERS NEEDED MORE POWER FROM THE AMP.
MY VIEW: AMP/ SPEAKER SYNERGY WAS NOT BAD. KEPT OPEN FOR FURTHER EVALUATION, BUT COST OF THE SPEAKERS
DEMO NO.3
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN
AMP: EMOTIVA X-100A MINI
SPEAKERS: KRYPTON AUDIO K-100B TL WITH PAPER CONE ( COST: THESE WERE PROTOS, SO HARI DID NOT QUOTE EXACT PRICE FOR THEM)
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
DID NOT ENJOY THE SYNERGY BETWEEN, THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE GOOD FOR SMALL ROOMS, NOT BIG ONES. COULD BE DUE TO AMP BEING THE WEAK LINK WITH ONLY 50W RMS(8 OHMS)
MY VIEW: SPEAKERS SOUND SIGNATURE HAS CHANGED POST TWEAKS CARRIED OUT BY HARI. NOT LIKED THEM AS MUCH AS I DID BEFORE :indifferent:
DEMO NO.4
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN
AMP: EMOTIVA X-100A MINI
SPEAKERS: PIONEER SP-BS41LR (COST:12K EX MUMBAI , THROUGH AVENUE SOUND)
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
NOT BAD FOR SMALL ROOMS AGAIN. OVERALL SOUND WAS BIT RECESSED. SPEAKER WAS DISTORTING AT HIGHER VOLUME, COULD BE ISSUE OF AMP AGAIN AS THE SENSITIVITY OF THE PIONEERS IS 88 DB. THAT WAS CONCLUSIVELY PROVED AS CORRECT ISSUE AS LATER WE AGAIN PAIRED THE PIONEERS WITH ANOTHER AMP WITH MORE POWER & THEY STARTED TO SING REALLY REALLY WELL.
MY VIEW: SPEAKERS NEED BETTER AMPLIFICATION TO REALLY SHINE. SAD THAT THEY ONLY COME IN 1 FINISH.
DEMO NO.5
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN
AMP: CAMBRIDGE AUDIO TOPAZ AM5 (COST:13.2K, TECHNOGURU)
SPEAKERS: PIONEER SP-BS41LR(COST:12k)
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
WARM SOUND WITH LESS DETAILING. FOUND APPRECIABLE BASS OVERHANG, DUE TO PAIRING WARM AMP & SPEAKERS. SOME IN THE AUDIENCE LIKED THE PAIRING
MY VIEW: SPEAKERS ARE GOOD BUT NEED GOOD AMPLIFICATION FOR THEM TO SHINE. ACTUALLY THESE ARE A SLEEPER PAIR, EVEN AT 12K.
DEMO NO.6
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN
AMP: CAMBRIDGE AUDIO TOPAZ AM5
SPEAKERS: CAMBRIDGE AUDIO S30 (COST:10.5K, TECHNOGURU)
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
AGAIN SOUND SIGNATURE ON THE WARM SIDE. THIN VOCALS & RECESSED SOUND STAGE. LEAN BASS BUT THEN THE SPEAKER ITSELF IS QUITE SMALL & COMPACT, SO JUDGING BY THAT IT WAS OK. IDEAL SET UP FOR PEOPLE LIKING WARM SOUND & FOR SMALL ROOMS. SPEAKER STRUGGLED AT HIGH VOLUMES WITH DRIVER EXCURSION QUITE MASSIVE. FM ASKII2 FEARED WE WOULD KILL THE SPEAKERS IF WE CONTINUED SO WE WENT TO LOWER VOLUMES :lol:
MY VIEW: GOOD SPEAKER, NEEDS BETTER AMP PAIRING. IDEAL FOR SMALL ROOMS & FOR FOLKS WHO ARE NOT BASS HUNGRY.
DEMO NO.7
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN
AMP: ARCAM A70 (DISCONTINUED & APPROX COST 50K)
SPEAKERS: CAMBRIDGE AUDIO S30
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
CHANGE OF AMP DID THE TRICK AS THE SPEAKERS SOUNDED EVEN BETTER NOW. SYNERGY WAS GOOD BUT THEN 1 NEEDS TO KEEP COST OF AMP & SPEAKERS IN MIND, AS BOTH ARE AT OPPOSITE SPECTRUM'S OF BUDGET. 1 THING PROVED AGAIN WAS THAT THE SPEAKER HAS ITS LIMITATIONS & 1 HAS TO KEEP IT IN MIND & CANNOT EXPECT MIRACLES BY PAIRING WITH BETTER AMP. STILL AS THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE SO WE COULD DO THIS ODD BALL PAIRING(PRICE WISE ODD BALL THAT IS)
MY VIEW: IF I HAD THE ARCAM AMP, WOULD DEFINITELY PAIR IT WITH BETTER SPEAKERS & DO THE AMP JUSTICE.
DEMO NO.8
SOURCE: BERESFORD GATORISED CAIMAN
AMP: ARCAM A70
SPEAKERS: KLIPSCH RB51II (COST:26K, CINEBELS)
CABLES: WSS ICS + SOMMER 16 AWG SPEAKER CABLES
OBSERVATIONS:
IT WAS 50-50 AMONGST THE AUDIENCE WITH SOME LIKING & SOME NOT. BASS WAS TIGHT & OVERALL GOOD SOUND SIGNATURE WHICH WAS NEARING NEUTRALITY. REAL NICE TIGHT BASS. SOME FOUND HIGHS BRIGHT.
MY VIEW: GOOD SYNERGY. KLIPSCH WHEN PAIRED WITH RIGHT AMPS ARE REALLY GOOD SPEAKERS. TOO BAD PEOPLE HAVE PAINTED THEM BLACK & HENCE MOST PEOPLE GO BY THAT GENERAL PERCEPTION & AVOID THEM.
EXHAUSTED NOW SO WILL END HERE. STAY TUNED FOR NEXT COUPLE OF DEMO COMPILATIONS AS THINGS GET INTERESTING
MEANWHILE YOU GUYS CAN SHARE YOUR VIEWS/ASK QUESTIONS
