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Originally Posted by bart
Estelon is a great brand.
I heard their smaller speakers, and they did a wonderful disappearing act.
So, I'm also looking forward to your comparison!
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Originally Posted by joey_v
Dave
Let me know how he finds the estelon in comparison
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EK's official review will be released in a few weeks, but I was invited for a lunch recently and spent a long and very pleasant afternoon in the listening room. My judgement was probably clouded by the Shiraz and Pinot consumed, but these are undoubtedly very fine loudspeakers.
There's really no detectible area of weakness. If they're not quite able to match the 801D4's amazing dynamic capability, low frequency authority and extension at the frequency extremes, they counter that with amazing mid frequency accuracy and definition, precise imaging and depth of stage.
They also look magnificent and don't occupy a huge amount of floorspace.
If I was to assign a score out of 10, 801D4's are 9 and Estelon's 8.5, but at this level it's very subjective.