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“I have a theory that we audiophiles love soundstaging and dimension so much because we are innately such visual creatures with a cultivated vocabulary for measuring and pointing in space. If you want to appreciate how adept is the human hearing system at sonic location, listen to the Alexia Series 2. There’s a lot to be said for proper timing and wave form preservation but talk stops when the Alexia’s play. Thanks to keen driver positioning and improved coherence, dimensional performers appeared before me in aural space with a newly heard definition; soloists more often appeared in bas-relief than as cardboard cutouts. From cavernous symphonic halls to intimate churches to near dead recording studios, venue context became easily heard. Everything was more transparent. I experienced genuine improvement in midrange and low frequency attack and decay. Notes stopped. New notes began.”

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“The ME1 has very few obvious drawbacks, and its shortcomings are mostly attributable to the limits of its modest dimensions. However, its top-end still retains some residual dryness, and can’t quite summon up the same velvety harmonics of the CR1 or the barn-storming macro-dynamics of the CE1. In spite of the stellar imaging I’ve written about, soundstage width and depth were only adequate in my smallish listening space. But I’d imagine better results could be had in larger rooms. Finally I can understand how some listeners might not cotton to the sharp specificity of a concentric driver. The precision with which it draws boundaries around images seems natural to me, but it may seem mechanical to others.”

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“I started this review by mentioning that affordable products usually do not have high end allure, but Aurum Cantus takes a good stab at rewriting these rules. The V30Ms are beautifully sculpted and truly luxurious looking speakers indeed. They sound solid and assured, yet highly refined. Star of the show for me is the ribbon tweeter which sounds delicate and airy and well resolved. Surprising too is the amount of bass that these standmounts produce and inbetween is a warm and relaxed midrange. The V30M’s sound much larger than they are, and can play really loud too.”