In Reply to: You prefer the Mystiques to the Katans, H2H? posted by author@escapeclause.net on January 30, 2008 at 13:40:36:
I wouldn't use the term "beat" the Katans as the two are quite different designs and will appeal differently to people. The Katan has supeb voicing and pitch definition, no question. If you love vocals and inner detail, the Katans are superb, they just don't rock much. I also ran active Katans with 2 Linn LK85s so power is not the issue, it's the design as they have strengths other than dynamics. The Neats rock and are very agile even with a 30wpc Nait 5. You get a better sense of scale and the "whole" of the musical presentation. If you took each on voicing alone and listening for decay etc, the Katan may be favored, play a whole rock song and I think you'd get into the tune more on the Neats. If you are into Naim, the analytical "audiophile" thing should be in the past with the music coming first. Same with the Neats. Easier to hear than to explain.
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- RE: You prefer the Mystiques to the Katans, H2H? - RMcCoy 10:22:45 02/01/08 (0)