Sorry all for delay … I have spent extensive time now listening to the planar config (midrange + supertweeter) and it is simply superb. Hearing this driver on the Titan line arrays last year Florida Audio Expo I expected it to be good, but it has fully exceeded my expectations. Soundfield’s designs have always done an incredible disappearing act, but these planars are another level. The imaging is spooky real. The artists are standing in front of me. In addition, the resolution/detail is excellent, maybe the best I have heard (and that is saying a lot, I have heard just a few systems past couple years). Strings, horns, piano, human voice, all presented with astonishing realism. Again, best word I can use is spooky. I should add this is with zero EQ whatsoever. I am very surprised other speaker manufacturers are not using this driver! They are missing out on excellent performance.
I should also note, even though not the focus of this activity, that the cardioid base cabs are of course excellent, no surprise there, best portrayal of low frequencies of any speaker I have heard, part of the reason of course I decided to go with Soundfield.
If I had to make decision today, would go with the planar, but I need to give the coax a fair shake. Will listen to planar for another week or so, then switch over to the coax.
A pic for your viewing pleasure. And note these are a bit banged up and hacked up (the coax config was actually at the Florida show last year, so the cabs have some mileage on them, plus they went through a hurricane, literally). Plus the mods to accommodate swapping the heads and they are truly Frankenspeakers
. Simply to say, don’t judge a book by its cover, that is not the point of this.
More to come, stay tuned …
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