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    Nah, they have a very wide dispersion and need space at the sides.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
    Nah, they have a very wide dispersion and need space at the sides.
    Hard to see how that would be the case but I'll believe you.

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    The driver panel is about 18 inches wide, it isn't a vertical line array in the treble like your Aps.
    - although that's a bit of a simplification, I think.
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    Well I am just thinking of the NXTs I have heard, which is why I am tending to believe your thinking about it more.

    The long thin MRT ribbon in my Aps and the fact they are driven out of phase with the bass means they wouldn't work near field chez tu. You have to be some distance away from them before it all blends together I reckon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
    New speakers.

    What are they Jerry - Magnaplanars?
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    Podium Sounds 1.5 according to the box, although I suspect that is a misprint and they are the 0.5.

    Bev ninanina had a pair a short while ago but is in love with Maggies and is probably going that route.
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    The review -P 1 - on 6 Moons has height at 181.5 cms (plus frame, I think.)
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    Mine are a mere 1.4m tall, Chris. You can barely notice them tbh.

    Oops - I see I accidentally put my initial thoughts on them into Bev's Podium thread!

    I'll slip it in here on my own system blog as well ...

    Quick initial review .....

    Quite lightweight in tonality - bass is about equivalent to a not very big standmount box speaker.
    Subwoofer needed, really - and I have a small one plumbed in now. It needs that little extra tonal weight in my system/room.

    But very, very lucid and articulate.
    And the soundstaging .... astonishingly good - 3D with excellent depth and image focus.
    I find so far that they are best facing straight ahead.

    I was trying out various 'test tracks' as one does .... then I just settled down with one of my favourite albums, and got carried away and submerged in the sheer musicality of it. Which is what matters, imho.

    It took a couple of hours, or more, of listening to start to adjust to the presentation, which is quite individual..

    So, yes, a very good start. I look forward to the coming days of re-exploring music Podium-style!
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    My Arcaydis ones had a pair of smaller NXT panels each side with an 8" or 10" Rel woofer which seemed to be working a bit above what you would expect to be its comfort zone but they worked quite nicely actually, no need for any bass reinforcement

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    A crony on t'Wigwam who has owned these Podiums suggested I put a 1 inch block under the rear support spike to reduce the tilt angle

    My goodness, that little bit less tilt has made a big improvement to the tonality (fuller now, less brightly lit)

    That's actually quite a transformation, they sound like a substantially bigger, more powerful speaker now ... starting to be really impressed by these.
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