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In Reply to: Ultimate speakers to reproduce grand piano sound? posted by MM on February 18, 2004 at 18:35:56:
Piano recordings are probably my most important test when auditioning audio equipment.In my opinion, very very few systems can reproduce piano recordings well. I've only heard one system that I thought scored a passing grade. It comprised Nagra electronics and Avantgarde Duo speakers. Immediately after that audition I put the same recording on a system comprising top-end Mark Levinson electronics and the Revel Ultima Salon. It sounded so veiled in comparison that my attempts to capture even a little of the same "live" feeling of the Avantgarde/Nagra system made me turn the volume up so high that the transients started to distort in a very obvious way. I've heard much more expensive systems fail in similarly miserable ways.
At my price range, the Dynaudio Special 25 was the best I could find, and after a year I feel that it is indeed one of the great speakers. But I still must give it a failing grade on piano.
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