The Absolute Sound - Editor's Choice

One would expect a rather bass-shy presentation from such a small enclosure w/ a 4" woofer, but the system had astonishing weight and bottom-end extension.The reason the bass sounded so rewarding was the systems absolutely mind blowing mid-bass articulation, dynamics and resolution.The Era Design 4 has to be the winner in the "best bass from the smaller cabinet" contest. The impressive articulation extended well up into the midrange. I heard a sense of transparency, resolution of fine detail and timbral purity I associate with electronics and speakers costing far more.The soundstage this system threw was open and expansive, with good dimensionality. The Cambridge/ERA Design system got this fundamentally prerequisite of musicality right.

June/July 2006 Issue 162

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