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RE: "ribbon reproduction of upper midrange lower treble"

"This can be said for many speakers , not just "ribbons" , agree a bit on the lack of percussive energy and the homogeneous playback "

For high frequencies you find this to be true? I find that ribbon tweeters maximize tonal differernces on a recording, it is one of their core strengths. One has to be careful with ribbons not to run them too low in frequency or too much distortion creeps in.

One of the best speakers I had as a reviewer to hear tonal differentiation was the Apogee Caliper signature. No box and the ribbons were quite low in distortion at the levels I listen at (see the old review from Martin Colloms to see the distortion levels from this speaker...it is respectably low...the Duetta Signature even better). The only electrostats I owned with real punch were Acoustats and they were able to reveal tonal differences just as well as the Apogees...that is why I switched...the Acoustats had more punch than my smaller Apogees.

Homogeneous is what I hear with AN speakers where the box is contributing way too much to the sound.

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