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Post Subject: CessaroPosted by coops on: 10/4/2007
Paul Hi, I don't consider myself a dealer, just an enthusiast, I just wanted to discover just what was possible with audio replay, Thomas Woschnicks system (whee i first heard the Alpha's ) was just more real more like real life than anything I had before, the sound was more immediate, living breathing real. Horns as you know excite the air in the room, the bass is more like a double bass' bass breathing, in comparison the B&W's sounded incredibly boxy, the sound emanating from two points, the sound wa veiled and dull, just as though a potato sack had been thrown over the speaker. When we first installed the Alpha's I was runnnig them with an ASR Emitter a large German SS integrated, it had been fine with the B&W's but it sounded flat and lifeless withthe horns. I started to look at valve amps, Thomas W uses a KR 1610 power amp , the Alpha's aren't that efficient 98db ( the bigger cessaro's are much more efficient ) . Ralph suggested I try the Allnics, and so far i haven't heard anything better, in fact tsome of the 'big names' have been rather disappointing nice casework though!
I was fortunate enough to spend the week at the Munich hi end show, and after a few days at Ralph's listening to his Gamma's , which are like the Alpha's but just more! Pleas if you have any specific questions drop Ralph a line through the Cessaro website, he is fanatical about music .Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site