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In Reply to: Good point..... posted by John Ashman on March 16, 2007 at 19:21:42:
John,Interesting to have your experienced insight into the NHT line-up in view of where they ended up on Stereophile's list.
Not having heard either, I must admit to really liking the Classic 3's format. I evaluated several mini-monitor formats with an eye on entering the fray myself, and the 3-way with a dome midrange whose diameter is about halfway between that of the woofer & tweeter was one of the top formats in my opinion and in some ways was the best. The three-way with dome midrange would be my choice over a conventional two-way.
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The Dali Ikon range I think has not only the dome midrange but also ribbon tweeters.Must be pretty good!I listened to a Wharfedale 9.6 with a dome midrange.*Lovely* to use a British expression!
I think the Three is almost a Class A bookshelf speaker, *certainly* Class B. Definitely way too good to be in Class B. By itself, it outperforms the M6 which is, I guess, "Class A". Makes no sense to me, but Stereophile is all over the map.Domes are hard to get right, however. The Three has the best dome midrange I have heard so far, but I'm really wanting to hear these ($$$$$), based on the research that went into the original B&W Nautilus:
I meant "way too good to be in Class C".
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