The Arias were sounding great. They worked very well with the Pass amps.
The way they had it setup you wouldn’t necessarily know that the room was at least twice the size you saw. They had put up a curtain splitting up the room visually. It’s a very large room to energize sonically.
Soundstage is important to me but not the most important. The system has to draw me into the music/emotion it conveys and only then do I look for a good soundstage.
I can believe that. I have hooked up my Border Patrol 300B amp up with its 16w to the Studio plus and it worked really well. From what I understand, the Auditoriums are even more efficient.
One can get an amazing headphone system for a fraction of the money an equivalent speaker based system costs.
If you need to listen quietly then headphones are your only option.
But imo the headphone experience just doesn’t convey the emotion of the music like speakers can. And I’ve had...