In Reply to: REVIEW: Audio Physic Yara (floorstander) Speakers posted by twisty on August 23, 2005 at 15:02:25:
Excellent review Twisty. I also own and enjoy the Yaras immensely. My room is 18X18, and they fill the room with sound. The Yaras have a wonderful warmth, and a surprising fullness of sound. I chose them over an Italian speaker of the same dimension and footprint that lacked coherence and integration of low, mid and high frequencies. The Yaras excel in this area. They image very well, and offer good texture and dimension through tube amplification. If you want to appreciate how good the bass is coming from such a diminutive cabinet, order Entre Amigos (Rosa Passos & Ron Carter) from Chesky Records and play track 7 Por Causa de Voce. Phenomenal. There are better speakers for large scale orchestra, rock and the like; but the Yaras are superb with anything acoustic, vocals, and small scale jazz such as bossa nova. The quality of bass these speakers present is accomplished by 4 ohm 6" drivers. The base extension as a result of replacing the spikes with medium sized vibrapods was simply shocking. I have hardwood floors. I don't bi-wire these speakers, but upgraded the jumpers. This is tricky due to the way the the binding posts are designed. Go with at least 6" jumpers. If you enjoy the likes of patricia barber, pat methany, ry cooder, rosa passos, charlie hunter, ben harper, etc, these speakers deserve serious consideration. For those considering monitors, do consider these speakers because the footprint is most likely smaller, you can throw more $$ at the speakers instead of the stands, and you can buy higher quality speaker cable by virtue of saving 2 feet per side.
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