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RE: "worth the money"

The model you mention was a short lived thing 15 years ago and not one of their mainline speakers. I am very familiar with Acapella and have nearly bought one of their speakers a number of times (just auditioned a pair of La Campanellas a couple months ago). They have serious potential BUT Odeons sound more alive and need less power to sing. Two of my friends switched to Odeon after hearing my speakers and a couple more switched after hearing my friend's rather ambitious system that has fully upgraded top model Odeon 38.X (I say X because his are upgraded to the latest Carnegie drivers and crossover).

It's funny you always trot out this one unsatisfying experience to dismiss a really excellent brand of speaker but I am supposed to not judge AN-Es despite more than a dozen blah experiences? A friend of mine bought Es and sold them within 2 months from that same dealer I know. When you have heard dozens of Odeon demos and they are all blah and o you then I will say "gotta keep trying...they will grow on you" like you do about Es. I was hooked on Odeons from the first notes when I first heard them in 2004. A non-Audiophile friend went with me to a show because it also had home theater. He seems as kind of bored until we went into the Odeon/Einstein room. Then he said "Hey that sounds GOOD"! I said "YEAH" and we spent the rest of the afternoon there. When it's right it doesn't need to "grow" on you...


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