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Re: Yes, I have heard 47 Labs and you haven't.

Room effects dominate below 300-400 Hz or so. In this case, the speakers were in fairly good sized rooms well away from the walls, as I said, so the acoustics were similar. This does not necessarily mean they will sound the same in the room at home. So it was relatively easy to assess what the speakers can do, whether they have a smooth response, whether any colorations stick out, whether the dispersion is even, whether there are diffraction problems, what sort of image they can project, and so on.

I normally expect the differences in sound between suitable SS amplifiers (or others with a low output impedance), CDPs, interconnects, and cables to be minimal.

You heard the Paradigm S2 using your tube amp. So it is probable they did not sound the same as with a SS amp. Whether you prefer tubes with them is up to you.

I did hear the SF Cremona Auditor, you haven't, but are relying on someone else's word for it. I thought they and the S2 were about equal in sound quality and sounded quite similar, within the limits of long term acoustic memory (hours). It was my audition for my purposes and with a view to spending my money, so really doesn't matter whether you think it fair or not. But then we seldom can shop under ideal conditions. It would have been extremely difficult to get both speakers at home for a home trial, there being no SF dealer near. Stereophile puts the SF Cremona Auditor in Class B Retricted LF, but that is apparently another reviewer's opinion, whereas JA reviewed the S2.

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