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Nagaoka Swan - Impressions

Posted by Lambda on January 28, 2009 at 10:09:27:
I built the Nagaoka version for the Fostex FE108EZ and used it with a SET amp from Decware.

I think it's a great speaker for acoustic jazz. The bass is full and kinda woody ; percusions are tight with just enough high frequency extension ; horns and piano are both realistic and smooth, without any harshness. The integration between the bass and the midrange is not really good (reminded me of previous Martin Logan's models). Voices are great. The soundstage is ok.

For everything else, it's a big deception. The lack of high and bass extensions become obvious with modern recordings. The drivers collapse if you push them too hard, which is not very hard to do, even with a string quartet. Instruments sound small. Dynamics are poor. Can't handle anything remotely complex. So yes, it's a little girl with guitar speaker.

If you like acoustic jazz, in a small to medium room, at moderate level, with a SET amp, there is some magic happening. But that's about it.