We are delighted to present yet another review that sings the praise of the LS1. The experienced editor in chief Jack Liu of the Taiwanese magazine Audio Art was highly impressed by the performance of the LS1 and offered it the full score on all 20 evaluation points! Some excerpts from his poetic text:
“I listened to a cello and piano recording from the album ‘Antonio Lysy at the Broad: Music From Argentina’. The LS1 reproduction of this cello and piano piece has two very charming aspects: the sound quality is both very beautiful and very true to life. Actually these two qualities describe the main character of the LS1 very well. And tell me, is there anything more desirable than to have a beautiful and sweet sound? And what is more exciting than a playback that almost sounds like reality?”
“To listen to some pop music, I selected Lorna Hunt’s “”All in One Day.”” The LS1 performance again made me cheer of joy, because the drum sound was elastic, solid and clean, the guitar was crisp, sweet and delicate, and Hunt’s voice sounded natural in a loose way, without any exaggeration. In my experience, such an open, relaxed character can normally only be found with big loudspeakers.“
“There was no audible compression at all, everything sounded open without any clutter, the frequency balance was perfect, down to very low frequencies. This is only a three driver system in a very small enclosure but the large-scale orchestral music performance was so real. Forgive me my ignorance, but this is the first time I heard a playback like that. In particular, the orchestral brass texture was very realistic, with proper weight.“
“As a final, I played Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony by the Russian National Orchestra with Pletnev as conductor. After listening, I saluted the LS1. Maybe very large speakers can offer even more impact, but that ultra-high resolving power, the clear presentation of musical layers, the very beautiful and musical sound, the very real texture, the amazingly fast transient response, the direct and non-fogged transparency, and the nailed down positioning of the instruments, leave the listener gasp in admiration.“
