Sierra 2-EX Initial Listening Impressions

[racrawford65]

Nice review, elan120

[theophile]

Wonderful review, Kevin! Don't know if you tried blending a sub with the 2EX, but when done well, top to bottom presentation is simply Stunning!

The Towers should take the Sierra-2EX sonic prowess to another level of realism and enjoyment for you!!

Ted

[elan120]

Nice review, elan120

Thank you, Robert.

Wonderful review, Kevin! Don't know if you tried blending a sub with the 2EX, but when done well, top to bottom presentation is simply Stunning!

The Towers should take the Sierra-2EX sonic prowess to another level of realism and enjoyment for you!!

Ted

I am running with a sub right now and it is very satisfying. The review was focus on just the 2EX, and you are correct, when augment with a sub, it plays very beautiful music.

The Morrow speaker cable should be delivered later this week, which will be interesting to see how much difference it makes.

[jimlucci]

Enjoyed your review Kevin! I have not heard the 2EX speakers, but I have the Towers W/RAAL and I think you are going to like them. Mid-range is just beautiful and I think you will find plenty of accurate and full representation in the lower end too. The RAAL tweeter.....Well, that is just magical - especially with respect to the music you are using to test the EX2's (which I did try on my Towers). I can listen to these speakers for hours and never get fatigued. Flying Home (live) by Stanley Jordan and Nature Boy (live) by Rene Marie are a couple of tracks that are quite impressive on these speakers.

[elan120]

Enjoyed your review Kevin! I have not heard the 2EX speakers, but I have the Towers W/RAAL and I think you are going to like them. Mid-range is just beautiful and I think you will find plenty of accurate and full representation in the lower end too. The RAAL tweeter.....Well, that is just magical - especially with respect to the music you are using to test the EX2's (which I did try on my Towers). I can listen to these speakers for hours and never get fatigued. Flying Home (live) by Stanley Jordan and Nature Boy (live) by Rene Marie are a couple of tracks that are quite impressive on these speakers.

Thank you, Jim,

I also think I will like the Towers. Meanwhile, I added the two albums you recommend, and they played well on the 2EX w/sub. Once I have the Towers here, I will try them again.

Regards,
Kevin

[theophile]

Kevin,

Happy NEW Year! Have not yet read any comments on the SP4's or the Towers!?! Hopefully all has gone well with your expectations?!?

Inquiring minds (well, my little ole mind) wants to know!

Ted

[elan120]

Kevin,

Happy NEW Year! Have not yet read any comments on the SP4's or the Towers!?! Hopefully all has gone well with your expectations?!?

Inquiring minds (well, my little ole mind) wants to know!

Ted

Ted,

Happy New Year to you too.

Everything is going well thus far. I ended up with SP6 instead and have received the Towers a bit over a week ago. I have been running about 12 hours a day for the past 8 days as break-in. While getting closer to the tail end of the break-in, I am also testing different setups and components to see what will pair well with the Towers, and this will likely be continue a bit longer into next week, but I am very close to where I think I will settle for a while. I am planning to do some serious listening next week once I have the setup somewhat settled, but so far, I like how the Towers are performing - very expansive sound stage, fast transient, well defined placement of instruments, excellent detail retrieval. Clearly, a pair of speakers I can easily live with for long term.

Kevin