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RE: Just got some Reference 3a speakers (Master Control MMC)

Posted by RGA (R) on February 8, 2013 at 20:26:38

In Reply to: RE: Just got some Reference 3a speakers (Master Control MMC) posted by morricab on February 7, 2013 at 02:10:46:

I didn't intend to get into an AN debate with you - I am not terribly interested in what people who don;t hear things like me have to say which is why I tend to read the Art Dudley's and not the John Atkinson's.

The AN K/Spe and the MM De Capo were were, at the time, the same retail price (apples to apples) and at that time The De Capo was my front runner - I was going on about Reference 3a to all those who would read. I heard the Royal Master (with corian) and the La Suprema (their best speakers), and years later the Dulcet(in Korea) and the Grande Veena at CES. And I've liked every single one of them in their respective price points.

I like comparably priced AN speakers better which is why I bought them but that is no slight against Reference 3a. People I know who have heard both and who have chosen AN's know why and no amount of discussion on forums is going to change their minds. AN systems, and I hate saying it because I'm SO NOT religious, take a near religious hold on people and if it does it's very difficult to let go of when everything else tends to sound mechanical and artificial in comparison. If it doesn't do this then they're just another stereo company. And that overriding rightness to live musical instruments is why AN can produce and sell $238,000 versions of the speaker. People want higher orders of the house sound.



To correct my last post - I was unclear - I said reviewers "killed them" and what that means was they were SOOO raved about that Dehay could not keep up with demand and that is why they opened a second plant that unfortunately pumped out inferior cabinetry due to being rushed (in Europe not Canada) - that apparently caused a lot of failures and killed the company. When they opened in Canada they made first rate builds which made Reference 3a a success. Dehay no longer runs the company but they still make excellent speakers.

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