Anyone own...

[xreaperx22]

Aperion Audio Verus II Grand Tower,anyone own these towers? they look amazing but i have never heard of the brand before,they arent exactly cheap but i was wondering if anyone has any knowledge of them and what they sound like.xmas is coming soon so im doing my shopping early lol.

 

[shadyJ]

Aperion Audio Verus II Grand Tower,anyone own these towers? they look amazing but i have never heard of the brand before,they arent exactly cheap but i was wondering if anyone has any knowledge of them and what they sound like.xmas is coming soon so im doing my shopping early lol.

Why wouldn't you go for the Verus III? It is only $100 more and you get a 60 day home trial with free shipping both ways if you don't want to keep them. You don't have much to lose if you try them out.

 

[Good4it]

I’ve got the bookshelf version and think they are great. I have had them for over 2 years.

 

[tmurnin]

I also have the bookshelves and love them. Aperion has a great in home trial program with free shipping both ways if you don’t like them. The Aperion folks are great to work with as well. Give them a try.

 

[xreaperx22]

oh cool i didnt know that about the 3's or the trial,i was looking at a 3rd party site so thats why probly.,thanks guys!

 

[snakeeyes]

I also have the bookshelves and love them. Aperion has a great in home trial program with free shipping both ways if you don’t like them. The Aperion folks are great to work with as well. Give them a try.

Also what is up with the new offering at Aperion of a “super tweeter” above human hearing? Is that for dogs to hear? LOL.


Edit: only up to 40,000 hz. There are other tweeters with that range. Still curious why we want to be above human hearing....

 

[shadyJ]

Also what is up with the new offering at Aperion of a “super tweeter” above human hearing? Is that for dogs to hear? LOL.


Edit: only up to 40,000 hz. There are other tweeters with that range. Still curious why we want to be above human hearing....

I noticed that thing. Add-on super-tweeters have not usually been a good idea. Most speakers make the stretch to the upper limit of human hearing, or at least they come close. Most audiophiles are middle-aged men whose hearing is not great above 10 kHz and is mostly gone above 15 kHz anyway. The people who could actually hear the sounds that this thing makes- children and sensitive women- will likely find the sound that thing produces to be obnoxious. Add to that there is very little useful information in recorded content in super-tweeter ranges. It is mostly just 'air' or ambience.

 

[tmurnin]

I noticed that thing. Add-on super-tweeters have not usually been a good idea. Most speakers make the stretch to the upper limit of human hearing, or at least they come close. Most audiophiles are middle-aged men whose hearing is not great above 10 kHz and is mostly gone above 15 kHz anyway. The people who could actually hear the sounds that this thing makes- children and sensitive women- will likely find the sound that thing produces to be obnoxious. Add to that there is very little useful information in recorded content in super-tweeter ranges. It is mostly just 'air' or ambience.

I’m a big Aperion fan and was pretty disappointed when I saw that product. Aperion has always been a great product sold at a reasonable price without gimmicks or junk. This looks like they are veering into the world of high end speaker cables and just chasing dumb money. I still think they make a great range of speakers but this was a disappointing move.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Also what is up with the new offering at Aperion of a “super tweeter” above human hearing? Is that for dogs to hear? LOL.


Edit: only up to 40,000 hz. There are other tweeters with that range. Still curious why we want to be above human hearing....

It’s for highs like SSSSSSSSSSS.....

 

[lovinthehd]

All the recording mics pick up that stuff so why not use it? LOL

 

[Bookmark]

I have 3 Tannoy Eyris across the front LCR and they all have the super/Wideband tweeters that run up over 40KHz. I believe the marketing blurb is "By extending the frequency response by 2 octaves this corrects time & phase response within the bandwidth of normal human hearing"

YMMV, but I like them.

 

[shadyJ]

It’s for highs like SSSSSSSSSSS.....

Sibilants like the 'S' sound lay way below the range of this thing, those sounds are like 5 kHz to 8 kHz.

 

[shadyJ]

I have 3 Tannoy Eyris across the front LCR and they all have the super/Wideband tweeters that run up over 40KHz. I believe the marketing blurb is "By extending the frequency response by 2 octaves this corrects time & phase response within the bandwidth of normal human hearing"

YMMV, but I like them.

Tannoy is generally a brand I like. I have no objection if a speaker has an extended high frequency response, but its not really advantageous if it does either. It doesn't hurt anything but it doesn't help anything, at least for human hearing. Dogs might find such speakers obnoxious.

 

[Bookmark]

That's a good thing, this is a cat home.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Sibilants like the 'S' sound lay way below the range of this thing, those sounds are like 5 kHz to 8 kHz.

Yeah I know...
Don’t you remember the “super tweeter” guy who installed like 4 of them or something cause he kept blowing up tweeters? That was an interesting thread....

 

[downbythepylons]

I just sprung for a grand verus2 center channel on a recommendation that the tweeter used would match my mains....i never gave two thoughts to the brand before. I was impressed with the build quality and cabinet.
I cannot speak as to the inner components and cross over quality. What i can say is my listening preference and requirement in my HT application was for a smooth tweeter without any hint of sibilence and bass which is cohesive. This center does that. And i was pleasantly surprised.

I can also say it is not state of the art in terms of inner detail and articulation. And i dont know how close the center is to the towers. So i recommended as said above, springing for the full price and trying at home