Legacy AERIS Review - page 12
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
real space that we have yet to hear. We never left a listening session without wishing we could
linger longer, and bear in mind our listening sessions are usually four hours straight. Never a hint of
fatigue, never allowing your mind to wander about whatever happened earlier in the day or
contemplating the morrow. Total immersion. My mind was constantly filled with different musical
ideas or questions – vivid Technicolor thoughts. I often found myself exclaiming “wow” or
something equivalent out loud. Sometimes REAL loud. I never do that except at live concerts
(whispered discreetly at classical venues of course) and I can count those times on one hand.
Speaking of live music, have you been to a classical concert lately? While my wife and I don’t quite
qualify for social security yet, we were the youngest people in the hall. I haven’t seen that much
gray hair since a pantyless Madonna spraddled out of a limousine. (I’ll pause again for a moment to
let that visual register…no, maybe not…)
Negatives? There is an external box to deal with and the accompanying cables. There's lots of little
green lights that flash on it. Each speaker does need to be plugged in, but in doing so you get 1,000
watts per speaker of woofer heaven. They are rather heavy at 200 lbs each. THey could do without
the little green lights in the back of the speakr to spotlight the crossover.
We’ve had much more expensive speakers, but none as exhilarating as these. We look forward to
weekend nights so we could listen to music, just like we look forward to going to live concerts. It
was transportive, to make up a word. That's really what high-end stereo is supposed to do, isn't it?
Transport us, give us the illusion of something real, of being there? The Aeris does.
The Legacy Aeris speaker system easily attains the elite level of our Maximum Mojo Award.
It sets new standards at any price level for musical excellence.