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probably not going to happen soon

I've just finished my Orions... been listening to them for less than a week and I'm very happy. I still have a lot of setup and level adjustment work to do, and at some point I will add the rear-firing tweeter and see what all of the excietement is about.

The Orions sound very, very good but I don't expect to ever hear "live music in my room". It's not just a problem about driver design, driver layout, distortion, baffles, or your room. I realized that "live, in my room" was never going to happen (with any technology that I can imagine today) when I read a report (Science, December 2005, pages 1414-1415) referring to the radial distribution of sound emmitted by stringed instruments. (Of course, I should have realized that a complex 3D vibrating shape would not emit a nice symmetrical sound field.) The violin itself sounds different as you walk around, as your angle to the violin varies. Now let's get several violins playing, then an entire orchestra. I don't see how this could ever be captured with today's equipment (at a realistic level of effort and at costs that could come close to what you or I would be willing to pay).

Still... the Orions sound pretty damn good.

Peter

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