experience with system audio speakers?

[tgoyette]

While looking for a pair of bookshelves in the 1k range, I listened to a pair of SA705 speakers and they sounded great to me despite their tiny size. Reviews on the internet are rare, and the company is relatively new so anyone with feedback on System Audio regarding reliability, sound, service, etc. would be great.

 

[mazersteven]

http://www.system-audio.com/_en-GB/products/compact speakers/SA705/introduction

http://www.system-audio.com/_en-GB(3028)/products/compact speakers/SA705/technical specifications

Vifa/Scanspeak ???

http://www.hometheatermag.com/floorloudspeakers/804sa/
In 1984, Ole Witthoft found the state of the speaker art wanting. To his ears, most speakers suffered in two fundamentally intertwined ways: One, they didn't present the details of sound in a way that, two, led you to sense the music's feeling and passion. So, like so many entrepreneurs who try to fill the void in a marketplace based on their own perceptions, Witthoft launched System Audio, using these composite criteria as his mission statement.
As owner and chief R&D engineer, Witthoft has produced numerous visually simple yet musically elegant designs, establishing the company as one of Denmark's serious players in the European arena. Not enough American video- and audiophiles know of this company and its eargasmic successes.

 

[fmw]

If they ring your chime then don't hesitate. You can support the lean bass with a sub and have a sound that appeals to you with all the bass you could want (or not want.)

Try not to be influenced much by subjective opinons about the sound of speakers. In first place, it is subjective (i.e. different from yours) and it was accomplished in a room that is different from yours. Buy what appeals to you, not what appeals to someone else.

Vifa and Scanspeak make some of the highest quality drivers available on the planet. My home built monitors in my project recording studio are large bookshelves (8" woofers) made with Vifa drivers. They sound as good anybody else's bookshelves to me.

 

[enrique]

I have a complete system audio setup.Havent heard the sa705's but in all honesty i love these speakers.They are apparently not well known but there is a write up in hometheater mag.If you google you may find some others.I upgraded from haveing B&W 603s3's as my mains to the system audio's.Never regretted it one bit,i would say this as the best move i ever made.Dont know where you heard the 705's if it's a dealer or not but if you go to the system audio site you'll find the us distributers.Fine speakers all around.