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Here is my review posted to other forum in Feb 2011.
Before I tell the performance of Piano Cera, let me express my attitude and my journey of being an audiophile, though I am definitely a newbie. I have been enjoying music since I was a primary student. I saved all my pocket money for buying a “Walkman” when I was at P.4. I bought my first “Hifi” system when I was F.3. I used listening to Hong Kong Pops at that moment. When I owned my first apartment, I had my personal place for listening music in a better environment. I determined to buy a so call Hi End audio system and commenced auditioning numerous hifi gears. Maybe I am a churchgoer and have many opportunities of listening “unplugged” musical instruments, I find myself really enjoying the “real”, “neutral” and “non-coloured” system. I setup my first audio system in this direction. Last year, I decided to upgrade my speaker, which is really a good bookshelf speaker that suits my preference – real, neutral, non-coloured and easy for pushing and positioning as well. When I planned my upgrade, I definitely considered the floorstanding speaker of the same brand (for easy reference, let me call it speaker A). At that moment, I knew “Tidal Audio”. I spent many hours to compare the Tidal speaker with speaker A. Frankly speaking, it’s not a fair AB comparison. You guys should know that how distinctive of the performance of AE’s showroom. What I compare is the characteristic of these two brands. According to my audition, both brands are real, clear and non-coloured speaker. My main concern is that I could not have an audition of Piano Cera. I only listened to Sunray and guessed the performance of Piano Cera. On the contrary, I could audition Speaker A, which is also about 30% cheaper than Piano Cera. Finally, I chose Piano Cera as I found Tidal’s speaker is clearer and much stable when playing large scale orchestral classical music than Speaker A. (I do not mean Piano Cera is completely KO Speaker, it’s a matter of personal preference.) Two days ago, I received my Piano Cera and I was really surprised that piano cera is easy for pushing. When i used my previous bookshelf speaker in my previous apartment, which is smaller than my current one. I usually turned the volume to the position of 9 o clock. After connected the piano cera, I turned the vulume to 9 o clock as usual and found that piano cera sounded almost as loud as my previous bookshelf speaker even in a larger place. Piano cera is not only easy pushing but also not demanding for positioning. I only placed it causally and it produces good 3D sound image. It definitely produces excellent image if I fine tune its position. Now, my piano cera has only been using for about 20 hours, which is far from completely burn-in. I've already had a different interpretation of musicality and coherence...... In my previous experience, musical is something that sounds thick, coloured or soft etc. Now, I realize that is wrong. My Tidal sounds clear, crystal clear, neutral and really full of details that couldn't be listened with my previous speaker. However, I find it very musical indeed. Many people say ceramic speaker sounds crisp, full of details but will make listener tired. My Tidal tells me that they are not true as well. Tidal is full of details but I don't find it crisp nor makes me tired. I mainly listened classic but I like listening vocal now as the musical expression of Tidal really makes me enjoying difference kinds of music. |
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