Only at the time of writing we started to look things up. But if we are honest, during our listening period, we have not given the technology of this loudspeaker any thought. And that in a relatively compact cabinet.Īnyway: we now still summarized a bit of technology. Partly because of this, the TAD Evolution 2 really reaches 30 Hz and it stops at the top of the spectrum at 60 kHz. Is it important to mention that the woofers have a new, particularly strong magnet? And that these can have a particularly long stroke that is also very linear? Ow… who is curious about the bass reflex port: it is at the bottom and looks like a horn that is split in two, so that energy goes forward and backward. Or the also completely redesigned, Aramid Composit woofers – with a kind of paper pulp cone glued to the back for damping – which are in 2.5-way configuration with the tweeter (crossover at Hz). Think of the brand new designed, 1-inch Beryllium tweeter (apparently our ears are very sensitive to Beryllium) with a precisely calculated, newly designed waveguide. We could first start writing a whole story about the technology of this Japanese creation. Anyway… is the Focal Sopra No1 still the right partner in this system? Hmmm… (Yes… the bottom of our bank account had long been reached, believe us). That led to the welcoming of the Grimm UC1. But also showed that some of the balance in our system needed to be found again. Then came the Pass Labs X150.8 (review to follow) which opened a whole new window on hifi.
That one made us realize that an update was really needed. We started with the beautiful Sonnet Pasithea NOS dac. Those who follow us know that we are working on a radical update of our reference system. on to new standards! We have the TAD Evolution 2 in front of us. Away with the safe boxes and fixed values….
It’s frustrating at times, but it also forces you to keep going.
They are products that pry your ‘ow so safe’ anchor points loose and leave you floating for a moment. There are reviews that change your perception of your hobby and everything around it.