DON’TLET LOOKS FOOLYOU Takingadeeperlook atJERNLoudpeakers ByAgamemnonPytharas AudioTOnlineStore
somethingthathecouldplacerightnexttowals.This takeswhatstartedoutasaverywideselection,down toahandful… Wearangedanappointmentforademonstration, andinthemeantime,Iwouldtrytofindaselectionof speakersthatwouldmeethisrequirements.So,I startedmysearchandcameupwiththeusualofering fromthelikesofDali,Bowers&Wilkins,PMCetc.I alsodecidedtogivetheJERNModel12WSago.A speaker,atthetime,Ihadnotrealygivenmuch thoughtto.Infact,itisworthpointingoutthatI’d neveractualylistenedtotheJERN speakers.So,I wasn’tsureofwhattheoutcomewouldbe.Notto mention,Iwasslightlyhesitantsincetheirsizeand shapewasunconvincingtome. AsIsaidinmyopeningstatement,Iwasn’toverly impresedwiththeiraesthetics.Wel,mybackwasn’t altoimpresedwhenItriedtoliftonetoplaceitin ourdemoroom.Despitetheirsmalsize,theyweigh welover12kgastheyaremadeoutofcastiron.Wel, IwishIknewthatbeforehand!
So,JERN speakers.Atfirstglance,I thoughtIwaslookingatapairofoutdated computerspeakers.Youknow thesort. Theonesthatcameoutintheearly00’sin youraveragechainofappliancestoresand werecompletelystyleoversubstance.The onesthatsomeofuswouldpurchaseonly foracoupleofyearslatertothink‘’What on earth was I thinking?’… Then I remembered,“ThisisAudioT.Wedon’t stockthatsortofthing”anddecidedto lookalitledeeper. Irecentlyhadacustomerwhowaslookingto acquireanewsetofspeakerswithabudget around £2000.The briefseemed simple enough.Sincehehadtogetridofhisold floorstandingMisionspeakers,hewanted something discrete,in the likes of a bookshelf speaker. But suddenly the requirementstookamorespecificshift.The customerwasmovinghisequipmenttoa muchsmalerlisteningspaceandneeded
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