Optics: precious, very good quality, look very sophisticated and high quality of the glossy surface and the fabric covering. Without the material covering the speakers also look very valuable due to its silver colored a membranes.
Sound: After unpacking and connecting the speakers sounded this once rather sobering. After about 7-8 hours break-in period, the pit sounded, however, already very, very good. After a day, I have a second speaker cable to the B-wiring terminal of the speaker and the B-amping terminal of the receiver connected: The result is quality sound at its finest. The space can be used in which the boxes approx 50 m2 and you definitely need a subwoofer. The music I've tasted and heard really intense: Jazz / Jazz, Classical Rachmaninov Piano Concerto, Goldberg Variations Bach (piano), Dave Brubeck, Cat Stevens, America, Michael Jackson and others CD's in a very good recording quality, and some movies (DVD and Bluray), as television programs.
To Zt. I run the boxes in stereo mode on a brand new Yamaha AV receivers RX V 575. The sound produced with two components / reproduced, is just great.
Unlike Canton GLE 490: Before, I've tried about 2 week, the GLE's. A also very good speakers. Slightly more wealth untenherum, very pleasant, treble somewhat undifferentiated, less musical, but also quite powerful. That reminds me these speakers I have pledged not completely ordered the high-order Chronos and this reserve now and returned the GLE's. The GLE I tried with a Canton Sub 85 and Sub JBL 250 with Wi-Fi. The JBL was visually much too bold for a living room, more for a hobby room or rumpus room. A sub is hardly necessary because the bass are sufficient both in the GLE and in the Chrono.
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The boxes are now recorded, professionally I graduated as a Music Academy today for very many years) I am old 54J) a lot with music on their hats, I lead a big band and teach music at a high school, among others.
