Sierra Towers NrT- Never looking back
Hi all,
Wanted to post my experience with Ascend. Have had my Towers for over a year now and have enjoyed every second of them. These speakers really portray the emotion of the music toward you. Previously I was a B&W fan, never thought I would find another speaker that would steel my love from them. But then I got the upgrade itch, and started researching speakers. I knew to upgrade on the B&W side would cost a lot of money, then stumbled on a review of these speaker and was intrigued by the raves, build quality and design for such a reasonable price. Thus took the leap. Once they arrived, proceeded to hook up and was impressed by the clarity and midrange of these speakers. They just felt very balanced and neutral, yet very detailed, without out being overly forward.
Fast forward to over the next year. I now have had my holy grail moment with the speakers. Thou truly enjoying these speakers, was looking for a little bit more to get into that audiophile stratosphere for music. I believed there was a need to upgrade my source of playing music or go separate stereo preamp route. Was currently using optical out my PC directly to my receiver. I pondered getting a new USB DAC, or new music streamer that has been all the rage lately. But due to limited funds, decided to tweak my current set up. Went the route to stream over wired Ethernet to my Oppo BDP 93 as DLNA, and then analog out over to my receiver. What followed was awesomeness. As many have stated, now it was like I was in the same live room as the artist and there was no more digital listening fatigue. Played for hours and days to make sure was not excited about trying a new setup, but my initial reaction and results remained the same. My system was very good before, but now it has taken on another level and is really showing off the greatness of the Towers!
Just wanted to state this review to portray how a source improvement can make these already great speakers turn into another realm!
Here is my full setup below.
1) Sierra Nrt Tower- Fronts
2) GoldenEar Sat 3's for Center, surround, and backs
3) B&W ASW 650 Sub
4) Anthem MRX 300 running ARC
5) Parasound 2125 Amp for Towers
6) Oppo BDP 93
7) Windows PC for music with Jriver MC 20
8) Tripp lite Isobar Power conditioner
Re: Sierra Towers NrT- Never looking back
Just a follow up on my NRT towers. Just wanted to praise the NRT, since seems like all the talk is about the Raal these days. Been painfully going through the process for the first time tweaking my room/speaker distances and adding some (not a lot) room acoustics to be ideal in my new place. Just want to say if you take the time to get you speakers setup properly in your room, if you are on the budget, the NRT should no way get passed up just thinking the Raal is the only way to go. The key in all our Journeys is to get the best sound, and think we all forget how important a proper room setup can be!
I was just listening to Candelbox form back in the day, and it never sounded so goooooooddddd!
Re: Sierra Towers NrT- Never looking back
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Originally Posted by
AR2ax man
Just a follow up on my NRT towers. Just wanted to praise the NRT, since seems like all the talk is about the Raal these days. Been painfully going through the process for the first time tweaking my room/speaker distances and adding some (not a lot) room acoustics to be ideal in my new place. Just want to say if you take the time to get you speakers setup properly in your room, if you are on the budget, the NRT should no way get passed up just thinking the Raal is the only way to go. The key in all our Journeys is to get the best sound, and think we all forget how important a proper room setup can be!
I was just listening to Candelbox form back in the day, and it never sounded so goooooooddddd!
I fully agree with this. The towers with the NrT domes definitely should not be passed up because of all the well-deserved hype regarding the RAAL ribbons. If undecided between the two options, always best to consult with us directly.
