I hooked my newly acquired SongTowers up yesterday. They have the discontinued LCY ribbons. I'm in the middle of redoing the living room so I had my couch pushed way toward the front of the room and was able to move about the room freely as I listened to first Adele and later to Chris Isaac.
One thing I was easily able to observe is how rapidly the bass became more pronounced as I approached the back wall of the living room. I was actually pretty happy with that aspect of the SongTowers' frequency response just as I got to about where my listening position would normally be. Having all the furniture in place makes it difficult to notice this because you would have to walk around the coffee table and sit and recline on the couch. Taking two steps in a straight line is so much less complicated and then you can notice the differences in what you hear. So that's settled: bass response is largely room dependent and I am happy with it.
Adele has a nice voice with a little bit of a raspy edge. Hearing it on lesser offerings can be a little annoying. Hearing it on these STs gives her voice a realism and soul that I like a lot. Maybe I never really listened for it before but the back up vocalists on that tune sound great too. I honestly never thought about them before on the other speakers I heard it on. This isn't a fair comparison by any means.
I just popped that CD in again for fresh ideas on what to say. It was immediately time to dance. Another tune on that album I like is her cover of 311's Love Song. It starts with an easy acoustic guitar that sounds real ... what else can be said? It sounds like she and the guitar are in the room. The song picks up in complexity with added instruments. I like the song and I like the speakers so for me it's an amazing experience.
Chris Isaac's Heart Shaped World is a well recorded album and I believe him to be a fine vocalist. The bass while not exactly pronounced is present and healthy. These STs handle the bass, lead guitar and lead and back up vocals all at once without issue. I consider myself lucky to have them. I can thank KEW and Swerd for the privilege.
I took some pic's for this post trying to show just how nice a speaker this really is.
See those lines in the black part? Pretty snazzy, huh?
That grain, that plinth ... I really appreciate these speakers.
Oh yeah, I do have something to say regarding what I like about these speakers: as I move about the room while the music is playing the sound quality remains constant providing I stay off the back wall. Does that mean good dispersion? Wide sweet spot? All I know for sure is that I'm done with lesser speakers and maybe a little frightened of better ones.
I should have taken a shot of the flush mounted port too. The newer ones are surface mounted and that costs them a couple of points in refinement but of course that's in the back and never seen. While I love taking stuff apart these speakers are safe from my prying hands. I don't think I have anything to offer them.
Like I said, I just hooked them up yesterday so forgive me for gushing. My g/f who hasn't expressed any desire to hear them yet has expressed her delight in their appearance. I know the thread is about listening impressions but their looks are pertinent for men who are into women.
