Eh, we don't do too much shouting here- on balance, we're a pretty calm bunch. But on the subject of balance.... I think that the Phantoms can claim 'balance' as one of their strenghts. I admit that I do not have much experience with them, but when I've heard them, I would say that they do the 'top to bottom' reproduction remarkably well. Their bass capability lets them reproduce bass quite accurately; that does also mean lack of 'bass bumps' that would be a standout trademark of Bose systems.
Sometimes the idea of being 'blown away' does a great disservice to audio systems, and engineers, that work to make the reproduction musical and accurate. Finally, there was a lengthy discussion about human hearing and sensitivity to various frequencies. It is buried somewhere a year or so back. It may be all stuff you already know, but there was some decent reading there. Oh, check the 'night mode' or whatever it is... not many around here get to 100 on a phantom.
Now I'll leave this to others who know much more than I do.... which is everybody else.
Sometimes the idea of being 'blown away' does a great disservice to audio systems, and engineers, that work to make the reproduction musical and accurate. Finally, there was a lengthy discussion about human hearing and sensitivity to various frequencies. It is buried somewhere a year or so back. It may be all stuff you already know, but there was some decent reading there. Oh, check the 'night mode' or whatever it is... not many around here get to 100 on a phantom.
Now I'll leave this to others who know much more than I do.... which is everybody else.
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, KEF C62
Vancouver, Canada
