Hi guys,
the speakers have been in for a week now!
Those of you who have been following the speakers on another thread know of them... this of you who don't, look up "Your Loudspeaker History"
I have been a wee bit unhappy about using my B&W 801 S3 Matrix speakers in my small listening room for a while.
While in Mumbai, I had them in my largish living room, where they war absolutely wonderful. But in Gurgaaon, I had no option other than using them in a small listening room as the wifey did not want my audiophile taking over the living room. I conceded as she is one helluva understanding wife when it come to my hobby.
However, the speakers while still wonderful, did not cut ice with the perfectionist side of me. The room being small, did not allow them to breathe as much as i wanted.
By nature, i want things just right.
This was not just right...
So, over period of 14-15 months, i had to convince myself about letting these go for something new.
But what would that 'new' be?
So over the last 14 months, i had been silently auditioning... from offering from ZU (like 'em, but found them tuned to rooms that are woody and not concrete like ours in India) to Harbeths (loved every Harbeth I met), to Ascendo ( loved the models upwards of C8, but found them toooooo expensive and not doing things far too little upwards of what the B&W was already doing, while the cheaper stuff from them was truly nothing special.... the Harbeth's were waaaaay better)...
Then in the afore mentioned thread, i got to know of the Resurrection... Soon after, I found myself in Mumbai, auditioning them. And I Loved them. Bhagwan actually took me to another friend's place where we sampled the euro 65k Kaiser Kuwero as well and I found that the Resurrection came pretty close despite its way modest price.
It also seemed to be better than any of the speakers in my consideration set, mentioned earlier...
and better by a fair fair margin, i may add!
some doubts
After committing to buy, I was still in doubt because I heard the speakers on heavy-duty Cadence Canasya Monoblocks... I felt that maybe my Accuphase E460 integrated might not be able to handle the speakers with equal finnese and ease...
The sound in Mumbai
In mumbai, we had the Cadence Cansya Monoblocks + Audio Reasearch Sp 17(??) preamp. The sound was bold. Though, not brutish. Very detailed and very very appealing. I was hooked. Moe so because despite the 51/2 inch woofer digging really deep into the LF's! Unbelievable it was!
The Sound in Delhi/Gurgaon
The Accuphase E 460 presented a politer perspective. The upfront bold sound was not there. That, though, does not mean that the sound was restrained in any way....
The detail was just as good and so was the LF response. The mids were equivalent too. But, the legendary Accuphase tonal quality simply shone through these extremely detailed, transparent speakers!
In short, I DO NOT NEED TO UPGRADE MY AMP NYTIME SOON!
All in all, i am one happy camper!
Here are some pics of the Resurrection's in my room:
the speakers have been in for a week now!
Those of you who have been following the speakers on another thread know of them... this of you who don't, look up "Your Loudspeaker History"
I have been a wee bit unhappy about using my B&W 801 S3 Matrix speakers in my small listening room for a while.
While in Mumbai, I had them in my largish living room, where they war absolutely wonderful. But in Gurgaaon, I had no option other than using them in a small listening room as the wifey did not want my audiophile taking over the living room. I conceded as she is one helluva understanding wife when it come to my hobby.
However, the speakers while still wonderful, did not cut ice with the perfectionist side of me. The room being small, did not allow them to breathe as much as i wanted.
By nature, i want things just right.
This was not just right...
So, over period of 14-15 months, i had to convince myself about letting these go for something new.
But what would that 'new' be?
So over the last 14 months, i had been silently auditioning... from offering from ZU (like 'em, but found them tuned to rooms that are woody and not concrete like ours in India) to Harbeths (loved every Harbeth I met), to Ascendo ( loved the models upwards of C8, but found them toooooo expensive and not doing things far too little upwards of what the B&W was already doing, while the cheaper stuff from them was truly nothing special.... the Harbeth's were waaaaay better)...
Then in the afore mentioned thread, i got to know of the Resurrection... Soon after, I found myself in Mumbai, auditioning them. And I Loved them. Bhagwan actually took me to another friend's place where we sampled the euro 65k Kaiser Kuwero as well and I found that the Resurrection came pretty close despite its way modest price.
It also seemed to be better than any of the speakers in my consideration set, mentioned earlier...
and better by a fair fair margin, i may add!
some doubts
After committing to buy, I was still in doubt because I heard the speakers on heavy-duty Cadence Canasya Monoblocks... I felt that maybe my Accuphase E460 integrated might not be able to handle the speakers with equal finnese and ease...
The sound in Mumbai
In mumbai, we had the Cadence Cansya Monoblocks + Audio Reasearch Sp 17(??) preamp. The sound was bold. Though, not brutish. Very detailed and very very appealing. I was hooked. Moe so because despite the 51/2 inch woofer digging really deep into the LF's! Unbelievable it was!
The Sound in Delhi/Gurgaon
The Accuphase E 460 presented a politer perspective. The upfront bold sound was not there. That, though, does not mean that the sound was restrained in any way....
The detail was just as good and so was the LF response. The mids were equivalent too. But, the legendary Accuphase tonal quality simply shone through these extremely detailed, transparent speakers!
In short, I DO NOT NEED TO UPGRADE MY AMP NYTIME SOON!
All in all, i am one happy camper!
Here are some pics of the Resurrection's in my room:
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