That Source Technologies is interesting. How do they sound?
In my notes I wrote down that I was listening to bass below F3. What I meant was that I was hearing the bass extend down below what speakers are normally rated at but at a lower amplitude. I thought the drop off might have been on a slope not as steep as most graphs I have looked at. That's a good thing and of course a sub would have given them a nice boost.
Mark Knoffler's vocals sounded like there was a microphone effect ... what ever I imagine a mic'ed voice would sound like. I don't want it to sound negative but kind of bullhorn-ish is how I would describe it. On Chris' omni polar rig the vocals sounded completely natural to the point that the bit of electronic hiss that the
Money for Nothing intro by Sting has is completely removed.
For a two driver two way I think they did a good job of covering all bases. They would be easy for me to live with and enjoy listening to all by themselves. The fact that they feature a good looking wood veneer and a futuristic top portion once the grill is off makes them very appealing to me.
For the kind of listening you do most of the time they would work well. There is nothing about them that is critically lacking nor is there some feature that would drive you nuts like an overly bright speaker would. However they wouldn't last two minutes with you once you decided you wanted to give 'em hell. Rick had them amped with the Emotiva he got down at the FLA SOTU thing so they had plenty of juice.
It goes back to that 'right tool for the right job' thing. Ultimately my feeling was that the Coherent Pulse is a well behaved good looking speaker.
