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Excerpts from Stephen Mejias' blog on Stereophile "Everything sounds better with the DeVore speakers and Arcam Solo. Sometimes the immediately discernible difference is subtle, simply a matter of volume. But then there's also greater presence — I mean that I can feel the music, I can sense the musicians and their instruments in the space before me. If you were sitting here with me, I could point them out to you. I could tell you where the guitarist is posing, where the bassist is hiding, where the singer is gripping the mic. And then there's higher resolution — I mean, not only can I tell you where the guitarist is standing, but I can offer guesses at what kind of guitar is being played, and how the strings are being strummed, and then, the drummer: I can tell you if he's using sticks or brushes — but you probably don't need me to tell you that, you can hear it for yourself — and I can almost see him switch between the two. And isn't that cool?" "I really love the DeVores. "Details are given more body, more blood, when communicated through the DeVores. That sound of fingers sliding against strings, for instance, sounds truer when presented through the DeVores. I know what that noise is supposed to sound like — I've made it a million times myself, my own fingers sliding against brass strings when making music — and the little Gibbons get it right. " "They get it righter. And not only that, but the DeVores know how to bring all these great details together to make one beautiful whole. "Over the last year, I've become familiar with DeVore
Fidelity speakers, listening to the Super 8s at last year's CES, the
original 8s at John's home, and the small Gibbon 3s in my own apartment.
They all share a similar quality, which I quickly recognized again in
The Nines - a superior grip on the music, an ability to really focus my
attention into that magical space between the speakers, so that music is
all that exists - an ultimate respect for the music." |