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My experience FWIW with N801's

I've posted quite often here over a year or so as I have tried to get my N801's set up. Its been a real challenge but they are going very well (to my ears) now. I listen in the nearfield - about 8 feet, with the speakers slightly wide of equilateral. In this way I minimise room reflections and largely overcome the effects of an assymetrical room. I have elevated them about 6 inches - this was absolutely the answer to overcoming excess bass, yet preserving the ability to provide tight bass and slam. I biamp them (300W amps) though this is a secondary gain - I eq out a couple of minor room modes in the bass only.

As now setup, with thanks to all who have helped, they do very well. I recently had the opportunity to listen to five 100K plus systems in a hifi shop in North America - none achieved anything close to the bass extension I get routinely at home. In some, mids and highs were better but they were much more expensive set ups and speakers.

I have never heard my 801's overemphasise a single mid or high note - other hi end speakers I have heard do this and it is diabolical to me as once heard the speaker is history in my opinion - you latch on to that note and it bugs you forever.

The 801's sound very live and life like further back in the room and in the adjacent kitchen they are beautiful to listen to. They have power and authority and reproduce low stage noises that most systems don't know exist which greatly adds to the feeling of a live event.

Well that doesn't stop me listening to other systems and expoerimenting to get better - but they are much better speakers than some who are perhaps less experienced at working with them to make them sing would have you believe. The 801's are certainly hard to get right in a room though - especially without prior experience.

Just my 2c. Am off to listen to some RM40's tomorrow (kindly demoed by Brian C) just in case they are heaps better so I'm not closed in my outlook at all.

Murray

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