Vienna Speakers

alebastardo
alebastardo Posts: 21
edited July 2006 in Speakers
Walked into a NAD distributor (Innovation Electronics) as my NAD T753 has a humming noise at low volume. Looking at their speakers I asked what was the best speaker they had that competes with the LSi9. I heard the Vienna Haydn Grand and was blow away. (They also demo the Sonus and the Paradigms, but the Viennas sounded the best)

Does anybody know how the Viennas compare with the LSi9s?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited July 2006
    I think you answered your own question.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2006
    I am a big fan of Vienna Acoustics. That said...I've heard both (a lot) and IMO the LSi9 is the better of the two speakers. The Haydn is an excellent speaker but the bass can sound boomy with average gear. The LSi9 wins hands down for bass extension. The Vienna is smoother in the midrange and the upper octaves are equal. I could live with either one.
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited July 2006
    One look at my speakers will give you a clue to my bias, but I happen to agree that the Haydns are excellent little speakers. It's true, they don't have the bass extesion of a large monitor like the Lsi 9 or last year's Sonus Faber Concerto Home, but they are far more elegant and smooth than the Polks.
    Personally, I like all of Vienna Acoustics offerings, but if I were looking at getting a smaller speaker for a two-channel setup, I would suggest the Bach Grands, as they have a slightly larger mid/bass driver and are floor standers, but are still relatively small. They also have a fair amount of bass for the size, but only the Beethoven Concert Grands are really big enough to use sans subwoofer for music.

    The Bach Grands with a nice Primare integrated and a small REL sub would be a tremendous little music system, though. It would probably set you back a good $5-6K with CD player and cables all told, though.

    Fine speakers, beautiful finishes, with a real special warmth for acoustic instruments.
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    CSi5-Center (for sale**)
    FXi3-surrounds (for sale**)
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    B&K AVR 507
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  • 1967LS7
    1967LS7 Posts: 7
    edited July 2006
    I have heard the Vienna'a as well wish I could afford them
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,586
    edited July 2006
    Last time I heard the Viennas.. I swear the sound was coming from the electrostats that stood next to them.... those electrostats were Martin Logans. That shows you just how good Viennas are.
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
    edited July 2006
    I listened to the Vienna Beethoven's today at Magnolia they do sound great, I think they sound the best from what Magnolia offers. I am going to drive around Dallas and find some high end shops finally listen to something other than Polk.
    Setup:

    2 Channel: Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand, T+A P 1230R, Primare SPA21, Oppo BDP-105
    PC: Vienna Acoustics Haydn Grand, Cambridge Azure 650A v2 , Peachtree iDAC, Denon DVD-3800BDCI

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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,606
    edited July 2006
    KrazyMofo24 wrote:
    I listened to the Vienna Beethoven's today at Magnolia they do sound great, I think they sound the best from what Magnolia offers. I am going to drive around Dallas and find some high end shops finally listen to something other than Polk.

    Try Audio Concepts in Dallas.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,586
    edited July 2006
    Another speaker you should consider is the Audio Physic brand... very superior.
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