aah.. nothing to drool about.. just old speakers from a generation ago
mine's the smaller one... the IRS IIb, 5 way speaker with 3 ribbon midranges and 3 ribbon highs and two 8" per chan. the IRS I was supposedly fine tuned based on the IRS IIb. the older IRS II had woofers for midranges than ribbons.
i had seen and heard the IRS I in singapore but the owner sold it to someone in penang already. he was driving his setup with a classe then. from what the owner said, there used to be 3 sets of the IRS I in singapore at least, but how many left as of now.. i've not much of an idea.
mine is a little old setup nothing much examplary nor high end, been driving them with a pair of old SAE hypersonic monoblocks but my dad picked up a pair of cheap 6550 monoblocs whilst i was away and they seem to be driving everything fine. :bsmilie:
I've already succumbed to the quality it produces (besides the gloss piano black simplistic front layout, the top loading, drawer style, the cute magnet clamping system) ...I brought my CDP to my uncle's place for a A vs B comparison ... I'm sold.
Just that its no longer found on market since its been discontinued.
EMC CD1 ah??? Come come, let me seduce u more with Wadia 861. :bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie:
EMC CD1 ah??? Come come, let me seduce u more with Wadia 861. :bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie:
I know the IIb. Very nice pair of speakers. I saw once a pair for sale in hougang. Went to see them but owner put a hefty price tag on them. Maybe it was you? :bsmilie:
nope :bsmilie:
was never for sale.. probably never would unless i can afford a pair of escalantes.. but wait.. if i could.. afford a pair of escalantes.. i might have preferred.. owning the nikon trinities instead..
oh crap.. too many hobbies.. too little resource
I've yet to try the wadia ... already tried the EMC CD1 ... my ears & mouth were drooling after the experience .. :cry:
Keke, if you have tried Wadia, u can throw CD1 out liao. :devil:
ps: have compared CD1 with W860 a few years back, CD1 goes out of the window straight away.
the wadia is really good, i had a 860 for awhile.. but the emc1 is no slouch either la.
the escalantes are nice speakers but i might prefer something along the lines of the apogees. be it the duettas or the smaller stage. i've always had a weak spot for ribbons...
I'm doing that with my combo right now ... using part pro part audiophile - result - i get the best of both worlds.
i have a ipod 80gb, with a RSA tomahawk amp and a pair of UE 5pro IEM. for portable use.
i also have a china made tube amp(dont know anything about them so decide to get a china set to play and try different tubes before getting a good tube amp). anyway the amp has been fantastic...and using a old pair of rogers studio 5 speakers biwired w primare cables...source....DVD player from my living room....no money to buy good CD player:embrass:
so considered audiophile or not??