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In Reply to: RE: Ryan Audio r610 standmounts posted by pc123v on May 24, 2015 at 05:28:10
I personally own S/N 001 and participated in a evaluation of the prototype, before it made production status.
I am a Ryan dealer and was a dealer for Todd Ryan way back in the late 90's. Even at that time, when using off the shelf components, Ryan designs offered tremendous value for the their cost. One feature is their consistent use of time and phase aligned designs.
Since their their last independent designs, Ryan's have matured considerably. Despite their rather pedestrian appearance ( rectangular box,no exotic stepped cabs or anything) they are still time and phase aligned. In addition, the new Ryan's feature a custom made 6 inch woofer with an unbelievable throw of +/- 6 mm. It has unbelievable dynamic control although you may never notice the amount of throw. The claim is that even with 100 watts + distortion levels are well below 1%.
You can hear this exceedingly low ( for dynamic cone drivers) distortion as being able to discern fine low level detail even through the most dynamic passages.
The speaker takes a minimum of 200 hours to break in, BTW. You hear the lower end going lower and lower with better detail. About mid way through the break in, the top end starts its extension and you can hear an increase in the upper octaves. Very nice and very sweet.
The attention to time and phase alignment makes the speaker perform exceptionally well in the midrange, for both male and female voices. Try listening to Mary Chapin Carpenter's Come On, Come On recordings. Her duets with Joe Diffie are superb, with a great balance not achieved by many so called audiophile speakers.
As a matter of fact it is superb throughout its frequency bandwidth. Bass extension is not great but it sounds like it goes considerably deeper than its specs. My guess is that this because the second harmonics of the bass notes are so clearly defined.
FWIW and YMMV
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One of things I've found interesting as they break in is that I realize these speakers don't really fall on the warm side, as least in my experience. They aren't lean either. I'm using them with the Rogue Cronus Magnum integrated. Another component I wouldn't necessarily call warm. In light of my previous preferences I wouldn't have thought this combination would work for me, but it does, and really well. I just decided to try and put all that categorization aside and judge playback solely by two criteria: Am I enjoying the music and do I want to keep listening?
The answer is a resounding yes.
I'm also interested in the R610 and have been in contact with Todd. I got a price on April 29, 2016 of $1600.
" The R610 would be $1600 including shipping.
You can mail us a check or pay using PayPal. If you want to use PayPal I can send you an invoice.
Best Regards,
Todd
I'm still looking at other alternatives, Nola Boxer, LSA1, Fritz Rev5se but the Ryan R610 looks like it can hold its own.
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to clarify the pricing of the R610. The retail price is indeed $2000.
The $1600 price was an AXPONA show special price and was only available to people who do not live near one of our dealers.
Todd Ryan
They're less expensive than I thought. I can tell you dealing with them was very simple. No issues at all. I dealt with them directly because they don't have a dealer in NYC.
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