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Forgot to respond to the Tiny Radial question! I've spent 5-10 hours with them so far, they have not been burned in, and I have next to no experience with speakers, so take these with a mountain of salt:
1) They absolutely flat out disappear. I can sit 1.5 ft away from them and I don't know the sound is coming from them. It's crazy and I've never experienced anything like it (plays tricks with my brain). In many ways, it feels like you're in a mini concert hall since you can't pinpoint where the sound is coming from, it's just enveloping.
2) For most media, my Taboo can drive them at 12-2 o' clock to as much volume as I need for night listening. When watching Youtube TV, which has terrible sound quality, I need to crank the volume almost all the way to achieve suitable volume.
3) There is a quality to them (maybe it's the Decware sound?) that feels 'right' and in line with how I feel listening to music with headphones out of the Taboo. It doesn't sound the same, but there's some quality that carries through.
4) They sound musical, but lean and ok detailed at the moment. This could be due to: - Not being burned in - The Taboo not having enough juice to power them properly - Their placement on a plastic computer desk that is not perfectly flat and is prone to vibration - Their placement next to a window, in a room with 9ft ceilings - low-mid level Kimber wire - Tubes. The tubes I'm using are optimized to my headphone setup, not to speakers. They'd almost certainly gain definition/clarity if I swapped in the NOS Telefunken 6922 for instance. - Comparing them to headphones that are 5-10x their price
I'm excited to continue the journey with them, tube roll, try them connected to the HT receiver downstairs, and listen to them burn in. Incredible value and workmanship at the price they're being sold for.
Thanks, Richard
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