14-May-2018, 10:25
I had a bit of fun in the Innuos room at Munich. They had both the Zenith SE and Senith Statement units feeding a pair of Kii THREE with BXT extension modules which effectively turns the Kii THREE into floor standing speakers with 16 additional drivers and a total of 7000 Watts.
We were treated to a A/B session where we switched from one to the other in a matter of seconds. This was repeated a few times.
Going from SE to Statement there were fairly immediately obvious SQ differences, especially to the vocals in a track. Transients seemed a little softer and less "etched", more natural sounding if you want. The bass changed a little too, sounding fuller and more textured. Overall it just sounded more refined. I was already familiar with the Kii sound which is good, a very transparent and clean sound much like the Devialet.
I should add that the differences weren't jaw dropping however if the rest of your system was already fully tricked out then this would be a nice SQ gain. Possibly if you had lived with the SE version and moved to the Statement it would be a bigger jump as it's always easier to evaluate these things when you live with them for a while.
Guillaume
We were treated to a A/B session where we switched from one to the other in a matter of seconds. This was repeated a few times.
Going from SE to Statement there were fairly immediately obvious SQ differences, especially to the vocals in a track. Transients seemed a little softer and less "etched", more natural sounding if you want. The bass changed a little too, sounding fuller and more textured. Overall it just sounded more refined. I was already familiar with the Kii sound which is good, a very transparent and clean sound much like the Devialet.
I should add that the differences weren't jaw dropping however if the rest of your system was already fully tricked out then this would be a nice SQ gain. Possibly if you had lived with the SE version and moved to the Statement it would be a bigger jump as it's always easier to evaluate these things when you live with them for a while.
Guillaume
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