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Thisisatrulyexcelentloudspeaker,notsimply‘for themoney’.Ithasthedetailandclarityofmany giant-kilerscoupledwithalotofbas,bothbas depth and the dynamic range offarbigger loudspeakers.Thisresultsinaloudspeakerthathas thescaleandenergytohandleMitsukoUchida playingBeethoven’slatepianosonatas[Deca].At thisprice,youeithergetthetechnicalbrilianceof herplayingortherangeofemotionssheconveys. It’swhatseparatesthehigh-endfrom themerely ‘good’;ontheEmit30youmanagetohearboth thatinformationandthepasionbehindtheplaying. Thisaloneisrare,butcouplethatwiththesenseof spaceandsolidityofimagetheEmit30produces andyougetthefeelingofarealsizedconcertgrand pianobeingplayedbyarealhumanbeing… and thatcombinationdonerightisincrediblyhardtofi ndinloudspeakersthissideofabout£3,000. Suchloudspeakerswilneverselindrovesifthey only play to the clasicalorjaz-end ofthe spectrum,butthepianoisadificultinstrumentto getrightonanumberoflevelsandtheEmit30does welinalofthem.OK,soitdoesn’thavethefiligree ‘spacesaroundthenotes’innerdetailofsmaler, exceptionalywel-designedtwo-waystand-mounts, orhigh-end models thatcostas much as a
container-loadofEmit30s,butthatisn’tthe point.Play anything from dance music to power-chord-drivenrockandyougetthesame result.TheoriginalZZTopline-uphasrecently gone,buttheyleftbehindalegacyofswampy recordingsofnote,including‘LaGrange’from TresHombres[London],andhereittakesonthat needtoplayairguitar,airbas (thanks,Dusty) andairdrums. Something not commonly discused in loudspeakersisthedesign’sabilityto ‘jink’; abruptlychangedirectioninlinewiththemusic. Thisisaqualitythatiscloselylinked to a speaker’sabilityto‘time’,butit’sasmuchabout trackingchangesinmelodyasitistodowith tempo.TheEmit30‘jinks’surprisinglywel. Realydeepelectronicbasnotescangetalitle ponderousunderextremeconditions,butyou wil have to be playing ‘Chameleon’ by Trentemøler[TheLastResort,PokerFlat]or similaratnearparty levelsto reach those conditions.Fortherestofitsplayingenvelope, theEmit30efectivelyturnsonadimeora sixpence… ifwestilhadsixpences. Frankly,therewasn’tanythingIthrewattheEmit
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