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https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-95-voxativ-hagen2-monitor-loudspeaker

Interestingly, the AF-1.9’s extended high-energy treble and horn-augmented bass power kept the geometric center (footnote 4) of the Hagen2’s passband in approximately the same relative position as that of my Falcon Gold Badges, making the two speakers sound surprisingly similar. The Falcon’s narrower bandwidth rolls off symmetrically top to bottom. The same is true of the wider-bandwidth Hagens.

If you’re an LS3/5a person, you will immediately get what these Hagens are about. Similarly, the Hagen2’s sound character reminded me of what I regard as my #1 most accurate best-imaging in-house transducer: RAAL’s full-range Requisite SR1a ribbon headphones. They do transients, image purity, and uncompressed dynamics with a remarkably similar feel.

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