ACI Sapphire III vs. B&W CDM1SE

Posted by Alan L. Maier [SysOp] [IP: 129.37.205.254] on March 30, 1999 at 21:48:16
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In Reply to: ACI Sapphire III vs. B&W CDM1SE posted by Tim on March 28, 1999 at 16:49:41:

Tim,

I own a pair of Sapphire IIIs and used to own a pair of early 1980 vintage Infinitys with EMIT HF drivers. Truthfully the EMITs are on the bright side when you run them with the crossover controls set full-up. Yes I liked those big old hogs (mine were 12" three-ways) but I ran the tweeters down a bit. In my opinion the spectral balance of the Sapphire III is dead-on accurate, in fact some people complain of them being bright! To my ears they are very natural. I use both tube and MOSFET solid state amplification with them. Do you have them on 24" stands?

I am a bit puzzled at your experience with them being soft at the top. Maybe you are simply used to that airy top end of the Infinitys?

Alan

Follow Ups:

• ACI Sapphire III vs. B&W CDM1SE - Gary McNassor 09:00:15 03/31/99 (3)
  • ACI Sapphire III vs. B&W CDM1SE - Alan L. Maier [SysOp] 22:01:31 03/31/99 (2)
    • ACI Sapphire III vs. B&W CDM1SE - Tim Baldwin 19:57:40 04/05/99 (1)
      • ACI Sapphire III vs. B&W CDM1SE - Alan L. Maier [SysOp] 22:07:36 04/05/99 (0)

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