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I can’t in all honesty conclude this review without mentioning the problem I experienced with a couple of the Emperor’s electrostatic panels. While no reliability issues cropped up with the less complex Czars, two of the Emperor’s 15 electrostatic panels began arcing noisily soon after installation. The fix was simple enough. Kostas’ U.S. distributor, Jeff Garshon, came down with replacement panels, and all has been well since. I don’t know why this problem occurred, although it wasn’t as annoying as the failures I experienced with the CLSes, the entire panels of which (on both sides) repeatedly stopped making sound and had to be replaced due to hygroscopy, or the treble panels on Quad 57s, which blew up with the regularity of clockwork. Let’s face it: Electrostats can be touchy.

That said, do I recommend the Emperors (with the e110 tweak)? Yes, enthusiastically. They are very nearly ideal for absolute-sound and fidelity-to-source listeners (like me). For musicality-first listeners, who tend to like their rock ’n’ roll and like it LOUD, no, I don’t recommend the Emperors or any other full-range electrostat or dipole. These speakers are simply remarkable on classical music, large-scale or small, on jazz, and on acoustic rock, blues, folk, what-have-you. On heavy metal, electronica, rap, or hip-hop, there are better options.