{"id":1545,"date":"2024-06-06T00:04:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2024-06-07T23:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T23:37:25","slug":"the-dhara-speakers-are-finally-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pranafidelity.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/the-dhara-speakers-are-finally-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Dhara speakers are finally finished,”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Together in one room, PranaFidelity’s Steven Norber and E.A.R. USA’s Dan Meinwald guaranteed fine sound from great and unusual music. First came a fascinating CD of a 1973 analog recording,\u00a0Conference of the Birds<\/i>, on which the David Holland Quartet (whose members included Anthony Braxton) performed “Four Winds.” “The Dhara speakers are finally finished,” said Norber of a 40lb standmount ($7950\/pair with stands), which includes dual 6″ woofers and a 30mm tweeter, and boasts a frequency range of 38Hz\u201323kHz, a sensitivity of 88.5dB, and an 8 ohm nominal impedance.<\/p>\n

Together with PranaFidelity’s 400Wpc into 8 ohms purna\/ma stereo amplifier ($9950), E.A.R. USA’s Acute Classic CD player ($6795) and Townshend Allegri Reference Mk.II preamp ($14,000), and Ken Goerres cabling, the system produced beautiful, warm sound. But the true kicker was the rest of the off-the-beaten-track music, selected by Meinwald, who is one of the great musical eclectics of the high-end.<\/p>\n

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First came a track from the Penguin Caf\u00e9 Orchestra’s joyful\u00a0Aira Danser<\/i>\u00a0LP, heard through an\u00a0E.A.R. model 324<\/a>\u00a0phono preamp ($6095), Helius Designs Viridia turntable ($7195) with Omega tonearm $3695) and Audio Technica AT-OC9XSH cartridge ($649). After that, a fascinating performance of the final song from Mahler’s\u00a0Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen<\/i>\u00a0(Songs of a Wayfarer) by a young, thankfully unmannered Thomas Hampson accompanied by the great “Forget strict time\u2014I’m going to do it my way” Mahler conductor, Leonard Bernstein. Marvelous.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much, Dan. You’re a precious gift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Review Written By: Jason Victor Serinus<\/a> on Stereophile.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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