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This one's Sound Stage is just right. Unbelievable at it may sound, these Heresy III's are replacing my Reference Monitors which cost three times as much.
As a former Sound Engineer and New Yorker who attends many live performances, I'm keenly aware of how real musical instruments and vocalists sound stage. This is where most speakers just get it wrong.
Electrostatics make everything sound big, very big. If you're listening to a Symphony that's great but if you're listening to a Saxophone solo or a vocalist solo this bigger than life sounds unconvincing.
Likewise with very large piston type conventional speakers. Listening to a female vocalist on a certain very large and very expensive conventional speaker, sounded like I was inside the performer's mouth. Her voice sounded as if it was coming from everywhere rather than a single set of human vocal chords.
The designer of this particular speaker admits that he sound stages based on a performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony as heard at the Musikverein Concert Hall in Vienna. Small wonder that small jazz, chamber ensembles and soloists sound bigger than life.
At the other extreme are Reference Monitors. Deadly accurate sound stage for a soloist or a even a small jazz or chamber ensemble, but listen to a full symphony orchestra, worse yet a piano concerto or choral recital, and the sound stage seems compressed, not enough air between the performers. When presented with large ensembles and choruses, Reference Monitors just sound smaller than life.
Sound staging is where the Heresy III's get it just right! And this is where better horn loaded speakers excel. So if you enjoy live performances and expect the same level of enjoyment listening at home, you will have to spend many times more to find a better speaker.
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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