Summary of AERIS
Page 2: James L. Darby
Legacy aeris speakers price: $18,500/pr by james l. Darby i really detest writing rave reviews. In fact, i’d rather be stripped naked, hung upside down spread- eagled and have my testicles tapped with a silver spoon than write a rave review. (i’ll pause for a moment for that visual to register…) why...
Page 3: About The Designer
With cast frames. Each of the woofers has its own 500 watt ice amp built in. Let’s see, 500 + 500 equals 1,000 watts in each speaker. That’s one feature that allows the speakers to score a good, amp-friendly 95.4 db sensitivity. Those 1,000 watts per side do most of the heavy lifting. Speaking of he...
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Now you’re probably thinking, what? All those drivers have got to have all kinds of phase problems, crossover grunge and everything else associated with anything that’s not a single driver. Guess what. Me too. It does defy a lot of audiophile no no’s. Looking at these and especially the whispers, an...
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Differences in micro-dynamics between other speakers with good tonal balances was surprising.” and here i thought playing music backwards was only for devil worshipers. He goes on to say, “the acceleration ability of aeris significantly exceeds other high end speakers due to the large magnetic struc...
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I have several recordings of the organ including the video of myself, but i called up the “magic!” cd of peter conte playing the wanamaker. The paintings on the wall began to vibrate noisily and the chair i was sitting in felt like one of those vibrating chairs you see in sharper image. And this was...
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I’ve also never heard such hyper detail, both micro and macro. That includes some pretty outstanding ribbons and panel models. Usually such extreme level of detail is accompanied by edginess and a quality i call mechanical. Sometimes there is even a harshness and unevenesss as if the designer had bo...
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Side walls, custom time alighment and eq, the "wavelauncher" as bill calls it is very much a plus, not a minus. He goes on to explain, “modal adjustments at low frequencies can greatly improve the weight of a system while eliminating ‘room boom’. Parametric amplitude correction assures that the left...
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Started playing music. Things sounded pretty good. I helped bill pack up and got him to the airport for the flight back to indiana. Here's a graph of the aeris in my room before and after optimization. Bear in mind that these curves are a snapshot of a graph that continually changes and fluctuates b...
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As i said earlier, it took some time for the aeris to settle in, but once they did it was as if a whole new universe opened up, a universe full of new possibilities and discoveries. Perhaps you can tell i’m very enthused about these speakers, but believe me, i’m holding back on my verbiage. Bill sai...
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The best there is. I have to tell you, after spending a lot of time with these fine instruments, i cannot disagree with him. Let me give you an example of the kind of “detail” i heard. Bear in mind that i like to listen not only to the music, but the work of the engineer/producer as well. There’s a ...
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Wanting for the inspiration and delight that only real music can deliver. Yes, i said real. Do they reach the holy grail of sounding exactly like a symphony or a jazz quartet performing in your room? No. But what is noteworthy is that they create the very best illusion of real musicians playing in a...
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Six-driver, 4.5-way loudspeaker with integral woofer amplification and dsp wavelauncher correction hardware tweeter: dual air motion transformer system (one 4" amt tweeter, 1" amt super-tweeter) midrange: 8" titanium-encrusted, accordion-edge midwoofer: 10" accordion-edge subwoofer: two 12" spun-alu...