Out with the SRS in with..........

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Moved up the food chain Pair of Hyperion 968 speakers with MC60's driving them :D

[dkg999]

How do you know you moved "up" the food chain?

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How do you know you moved "up" the food chain?

Finally got them to post

[F1nut]

If that is where you had the SDA's set up I can see why you'd want to get different speakers. There's no way the SDA's would sound good there.

[dorokusai]

Moved up the food chain Pair of Hyperion 968 speakers with MC60's driving them :D

They look like a definite upgrade to me. Enjoy!

[madmax]

Looks good! Nice amps too. Let us know what it all sounds like.
madmax

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Nice amps!

[schwarcw]

Congrats! They are very nice! The Mac tubes are wonderful!:)

Do you feel that you need the big subs with those? They are spec'ed to go down to 25 Hz.

A little review piece from 6Moons

The new Hyperion HPS-968s are clear winners and should please an enormously large group of listeners. I can't think of anything that I've heard in their class that betters them in top-to-bottom performance. Bass fanatics take note - these speakers do bass. Vocal fans? You'll probably have to go to a single-driver horn or superior electrostat to significantly better the Hyperions. Good luck dealing with the numerous tradeoffs though. Are you a rock fan? These speakers just about do it all and they're fast and powerful. Classical fans? Yes, they have you covered. If you're not impressed by the beautiful soundstaging and smooth linearity, their excellent depth of field should grab your attention. As a matter of fact, about the only thing these speakers don't do is come in your choice of finishes - though give Hyperion time to work on that, too. Highly recommended for your audition!

[SolidSqual]

Nice speakers. Don't listen to these guys, "are you sure you moved up the food chain . . ." Give me a break. Those speakers are gorgeous and they are a definite step up in refinement.

[zingo]

That is a hot set-up and you are definitly moving up the food chain.

[dkg999]

I was just curious what these did better/different than the SRS's? Not everything newer and more shiny is better or a move upward. I've listened to the SRS's quite a bit, and I've not heard Hyperion speakers, so an inquiring mind wants to know?

[Vr3MxStyler2k3]

I havnt met to many folks dont feel that there are more refined, sensitive, detailed speakers out there than the SDA line up --

That should be a given, its amazing technology but its hard to compare 20 year old drivers in detail and refinement with current drivers --

Seems to be the lure to SDA is the massive staging... - as it really is huge...

Anyways, YMMV

[Dennis Gardner]

I had a couple of their nice guys in the factory direct van try to sell me some of those, but I was short on $$$.....darn Christmas!!

Nice grab!

[trubluluc]

Are the tall cylinders (I'm assuming subs) in the corners SVS?

-Luc

[heiney9]

Please articulate why you like your "new" speakers over the old ones.

Phrases like yours mean absolutely nothing to anyone other than you and fall into the same category as phrases like.

This amp is great, these speakers rock, X cable sounds better than Y cable.

Also changing speakers and amps at the same time is hardly a fair comparison to the old speakers.

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Congrats! They are very nice! The Mac tubes are wonderful!:)

Do you feel that you need the big subs with those? They are spec'ed to go down to 25 Hz.

A little review piece from 6Moons

The new Hyperion HPS-968s are clear winners and should please an enormously large group of listeners. I can't think of anything that I've heard in their class that betters them in top-to-bottom performance. Bass fanatics take note - these speakers do bass. Vocal fans? You'll probably have to go to a single-driver horn or superior electrostat to significantly better the Hyperions. Good luck dealing with the numerous tradeoffs though. Are you a rock fan? These speakers just about do it all and they're fast and powerful. Classical fans? Yes, they have you covered. If you're not impressed by the beautiful soundstaging and smooth linearity, their excellent depth of field should grab your attention. As a matter of fact, about the only thing these speakers don't do is come in your choice of finishes - though give Hyperion time to work on that, too. Highly recommended for your audition!

No really do not ned the subs , they are crossed over at 50hz and gives my a excuse to use my MC2300 :)

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Are the tall cylinders (I'm assuming subs) in the corners SVS?

-Luc

HSU TN1220's passive tuned to 16hz

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I havnt met to many folks dont feel that there are more refined, sensitive, detailed speakers out there than the SDA line up --

That should be a given, its amazing technology but its hard to compare 20 year old drivers in detail and refinement with current drivers --

Seems to be the lure to SDA is the massive staging... - as it really is huge...

Anyways, YMMV

I'm not knocking the SRS / SDA's at all, for their time the were way ahead. But when you look at steel stamped baskets not very sold boxes (by today standards) they fall short. Also I find the there is a trade off with the sda effect. Certain things are off because of it. Believe me I probably owned 50+ pairs of speakers and none are the last word "just different" but at the same time when you move above the 5K mark you surely know they are not your daddy's speakers :-)

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I was just curious what these did better/different than the SRS's? Not everything newer and more shiny is better or a move upward. I've listened to the SRS's quite a bit, and I've not heard Hyperion speakers, so an inquiring mind wants to know?

I agree. Just look at polk itself most were all crap after the SDA's stopped being made Till..... the LSI's