Home Speaker Asylum

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

Don't know about the food analogy. but...

I have a pair each of SHL5's and Compact 7ES2's and I am very happy with them. To my ears they are VERY neutral (individual recordings each have their own character), open and detailed, and particularly are easy to listen to for long periods without fatigue- this is a selling point per the company and I can vouch for it, again, at least to my hearing. I DIDN'T like either pair in a larger room on the short wall with my chair on the other side- they sounded distant and unengaging, and I was on the verge of selling them, 'til I put them in a smaller back room on the long wall with a much shorter listening distance, and here they sound absolutely lovely. Clearly they are not ideally suited to all environments, and possibly this accounts at least partially for the wide range of opinions.

Mark in NC
Mark in NC
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