04-Oct-2015, 11:41
This is quite interesting, and timely to me. Having had about 4 months with two White Phantoms, then returning to my D120+£1k floorstanders for a month, then listening side by side for the last week, I agree with ChalleB.
My curiosity started when I found that my traditional system was nowhere near as inferior to Phantoms as I'd assumed. My conclusion after swapping back & forth was that it was dependent on the music - bassy or dramatic stuff favoured the Phantoms, and stuff which doesn't depend on deep bass fell in favour of my ribbon-tweetered speakers.
Unfortunately, BOTH are brilliant... and I'm going crazy deciding which to keep as my main system...
- Phantoms are an astonishing performance/size ratio, but are a pain to integrate into an A/V setup
- Traditional system has far more flexibility but cannot match the Phantom bass and discretion.
I have mentioned elsewhere that I've tried a hybrid system using 1 phantom, but this is the hardest for A/V, trying to get Phantom as Centre+Subwoofer!
My curiosity started when I found that my traditional system was nowhere near as inferior to Phantoms as I'd assumed. My conclusion after swapping back & forth was that it was dependent on the music - bassy or dramatic stuff favoured the Phantoms, and stuff which doesn't depend on deep bass fell in favour of my ribbon-tweetered speakers.
Unfortunately, BOTH are brilliant... and I'm going crazy deciding which to keep as my main system...
- Phantoms are an astonishing performance/size ratio, but are a pain to integrate into an A/V setup
- Traditional system has far more flexibility but cannot match the Phantom bass and discretion.
I have mentioned elsewhere that I've tried a hybrid system using 1 phantom, but this is the hardest for A/V, trying to get Phantom as Centre+Subwoofer!
JRiver v25 (Windows) >> 220Pro/CI >> PMC Twenty5.23 + twin KEF KC62 subs. One White Phantom.
