I’m sure someone is wondering how they sounded. Now forgive me for not getting into too much detail yet, but I did hear them in a large, unfamiliar room, fed by unfamiliar sources. And we did listen to a bunch of music I didn’t know.
However, my first impressions are:
Incredible coherence between the woofer and tweeter. They just sound like one driver.
Astonishing detail, without sounding detailed. No audiophile spiking of the high end to artificially create detail.
Absolutely unrivalled speed and dynamics.
The most astonishing them about them? I really can’t tell you what they sound like. They just don’t seem to have a sound. Just when I’d think I had my finger on this or that aspect of their sound quality, we’d change recordings, and I’d realize it was the recording I was hearing, not the speaker. They are just absolutely, stunningly, neutral. If you want your speaker to sound a certain way, then these may not be for you. If you just want your gear to get out of the way, and just be true to the recording, then I haven’t heard anything like the Kites.
My biggest concern was whether I could hear the DSP in action. Whether there was a digital edge to everything. If there is, I sure didn’t hear it.
Bravo,
@Pat McGinty .