Art did you read about the Appolo and Saturn problems experienced by Doug Schroeder on our staff?
"Well, it seems that being first can sometimes be a mistake. I am now convinced that I must caution potential purchasers in regard to persistent operational issues surrounding the Rega Apollo and Saturn cdp’s. It grieves me to have to do so, considering that they are in most respects superb. However, after working with no less than five players over the run of their production, receiving private emails from frustrated purchasers, and seeing continuing concerns on threads online, I have concluded that Rega does have a problem with these cdp’s, and to date has not properly addressed it."
http://dagogo.com/reconsideration-of-the-rega-saturn-cd-player
Sorry for the late reply they took about 2 months by the time I had them in my house.
They took the usual 50-75 hours then 100 and from there open up a bit more for about a month. I love naim as well which is a bit of red vs black since Cyrus is my gear of choice but the naim has a level I love as well. I have the new stereo 200 coming which is 3X more powerful than I'm using now. I only have the inside corner tied in a 1/4 inch for imaging. They still hit the middle this way and image well. I've come from the tabbies and D28's and I still prefer these for getting into a recording. I can't wait to here how they sound on your naim gear please keep me informed I'll do the same when my new power shows up. Where are you from? Me I'm from western Canada
I agree Mike, hard rock is my favorite genre as well and the 118 sounds great with that kind of music. Not gutless like a lot of speakers I've tried. They really handle everything well, but for hard rock I need the music to have drive and foundation and the 118 does not gloss over this part of the sound.
pyrrhon, nice to hear that the 148 is living up to your expectations!
My dealer has a pair of older spendor's set up S9 so there huge in size and sound. A straight across deal was thought about came home listened to my proac's and went no chance these just sound to good to give up. These are a speaker that I call the entry line but maybe the best overall value in the entire line up. I'm a hard rock metal fan and these are perfect.
I'm a huge tool fan and luckily there albums are mastered wonderfully. 13th step though is one of those where sound quality shines on a good system. Pet is one my testing songs and the Orchestra background on the nurse who loved me. I'm still waiting for my Cyrus stereo 200 to show with a set of crystal cable IC's. These proac's need more refinement than I'm offering them right now.