Comments on: Trenner&Friedl ART Loudspeakers https://positive-feedback.com/high-fidelity/trennerfriedl-art-loudspeakers/ A Creative Forum for the Audio Arts Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Google https://positive-feedback.com/high-fidelity/trennerfriedl-art-loudspeakers/#comment-292 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 07:49:31 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=2246#comment-292 Google

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]]> By: Marc Phillips https://positive-feedback.com/high-fidelity/trennerfriedl-art-loudspeakers/#comment-1002 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:29:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=2246#comment-1002 I own these amazing little speakers, and I found Mr. Dyba's review to be spot on in every conceivable parameter. One issue he touched upon was the ART's ability to sound spectacular in very small rooms. When I first bought the ARTs, I had to place them in a somewhat modest system in a spare bedroom that was only 11' by 11'. Up to that point, I had not squeezed good performance from this room due to its problematic dimensions (almost a perfect cube). The ARTs, combined with the stellar yet petite amplification from Heed Audio, achieved such a high level of performance in that little room that I could have been happy with that system for the rest of my life.

In other words, I have not encountered a speaker that does so well in small spaces. But that's not the best way to explore the ART's ability. In a much larger room, an 18' by 24' room in another house, the ARTs still sounded amazing--or, as we ART fans like to say, they are small but have a GIANT heart. In addition, the ARTs continue to bloom as your amplification becomes better. I've used $30K worth of amplification on the ARTs and still felt the ARTs had room to excel further. The US distributor, Bob Clarke of Profundo, likes to pair them with the expensive, relatively low-powered tube amplification from VivA. Unbelievable combination! Bob also represents Heed Audio and pairs them with the ARTs at trade shows--again, this sounds like a system that costs many times more.

It's crazy that more people in the US don't know more about Trenner & Friedl and their incredibly musical products. The top of the line Dukes may be the greatest speakers I've ever heard, bar none. The ARTs are perhaps my favorite two-way standmounts. Set them up in a room correctly, and they'll astonish. I've had many other people who have come to my house to listen to them--one person ran out and bought a pair immediately, and another keeps emailing me to say he's still saving up for them. I've been listening to T&F's Sun, which is even tinier and can be picked up with one hand. Still, they amaze. Both the ARTs and the Suns prove that bigger is not necessarily better--you can accomplish amazing things as long as you have a brilliant design, and Trenner & Friedl speakers are as brilliant as it gets in my humble opinion.

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