Aerial Acoustics 7T Review on Hometheaterreview.com - Page 3

That is fascinating to hear. When exactly was the conversion over to the original Denmark manufacturer. So he went into production with the china cabinets and reverted back to Denmark maker mid production. My question is how do you know which is which I the resell market?

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You mention NH, could you elaborate more as being from Canada I'm thinking New Hampshire but somehow I don`t think that`s right. I am leaning very hard towards buying the 7t`s but there are no dealers in Ontario so they would have to brought across the boarder, does anyone have any idea on what the duties and taxes would be for that or any other suggestions would be very welcomed.

What was the size of the listensing room? And how far from the back of the wall were the speakers positioned?

If that is a viable options, I would be for it. My wife would not be as accomidating, for the purpose of buying speakers across the border.

Well, it's both. It's an estimate based on his measurements.

None went to market. The Chinese cabinets were prototypes. When he inspected them he found they were not up to his standards. Thus he went back to his original cabinet maker in
Denmark. A few years back he tried an American cabinet company and the results were the same they didn't meet his standards. One of the reasons it takes Michael Kelly so long to come to market w/new product is he is never satisfied and he's constantly tweaking to make the speaker better. He does't try to rush anything to market just to have something new. The 7T took over 4 years to develop.

The store is Ensemble in Nashua NH. The Website is a little behind but they have the 7T's in the Highend room. Currently their hook up to a Classe CP800 preamp, Classe CA2300 amp and a Clearaudio Concept TT w/the $800 MC phono cart. Sounds really great. No sales tax in NH but I guess you'll have to pay some duty taking them across the border.

I've always got a 10% discount. Both John and Scott have been very good. Won't try to sell you something you don't need. In fact they have sold me some less expensive items because the higher end product would not be any better. You will save on no sales tax. They have lots of Taxachusetts customers coming over the border to buy. As it says on our car plates Live Free or Die.

Sure had to go a long way down to find this thread again. Just wanted to let Class A know that your friend Scott came through and I'm now the proud owner of the 7t's, just have to drive down there in June an pick them up, will be a tough wait

While I was spending the winter in myrtle beach I drove up to a store in Raleigh and was able to listen to them, was sold right away and then had to find someone interested in wanting to sell them, I have to go to Boston in early June so I will pick them on my way home

Audio Advice in Raleigh, correct? That's where I bought my 7t's. I was auditioning them in early Dec. You didn't happen to be there then? As I was auditioning the speakers, another person came in one night and seemed pretty sold on the speakers. Just wondering if that was you?

Excellent!! 7T's are fantastic speakers.I agree the tough part will be the wait. Post some pix once you get them set up. Enjoy the music. Glad you had a positive buying experience. I've been dealing w/them for 15yrs.

No that wasn't me as I was there in Feb, did they do the demo for you in the room with all the Mark Levenson stuff driving the 7t's, won't be my case. Know all I need is that new center channel speaker that Michael Kelly is designing to match the 7t's, supposed to be end of year or early next year.

I should have 3 of the 7Ts next week to put behind my screen. Glad to be joining the 7T club.

Did he say whether the new 7t will beat out the cc5?

I'm sure what it is meant to replace but it will be a timbre match to the 7t's and will be based on the same drives and available in the same finishes

Just a quick question, Has anyone had a chance to compare the model 9 to the 7t? Which is superior? what kind of sonic differences separate the two? Which did you prefer in terms of sound,space, & imagining?

Actually talked to mike the other day. They are made in china for cost reasons and assemble in Ma. Knowing his eye on detail...they are first quality products

Do a search...I asked this question a while back on avsforum.

Whitl, Congratulations! Aerial speakers are awesome!



Gillcup, Congratulations! Stereophile's Class A restricted list...



KRGZM1, Congrats! Looking forward to hearing your review as with the above new owners. Not sure there is a better speaker for under 10K!


Cheers,
Jim

Any news if they built a matching center for the 7t's - irrefutable match? I want front 3 in my HT to be Aerials or Legacy. No moves yet, but would lean toward the 7t and matching center if confirmed full on match.

In my last communication with Michael Kelly, he told that at the moment there is no plans for a matching centre channel for the 7t's, he tells me that the next speaker that will come from aerial sometime next year will be the 6t.


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I am so very glad to see all you happy Aerial owners. We seem to be a generally quiet bunch.

To the OP.....I've auditioned the Salk SS12 (not the SS8 unfortunately), the S8's, and own AA 7B's (which I was able to A/B with the S8's). Unfortunately, I have not auditioned the 7T's and want to. While the usual caveat applies, YMMV, I thought the Aerials whooped the S8's, but both were soundly thumped by the Salks. Keep in mind that the Salks I auditioned were the 12's, and would be superior in the bass end to the 8's. But nevertheless, the comparative sound is related in every other way. The SoundScapes were effortless, accurate, coherent play from bottom to top...and I fell in love with their RAAL tweeters. The SS12 audition was my one and only, hypercritical evaluation, where the speakers really did disappear!

If you can, you owe it to yourself to audition the Salks. Their website has an owners/audition list for the U.S.

But I think you're going to be really happy with whatever you're contemplating buying along these lines.