Show Coverage
2015 RMAF - Home Theater Hifi
Carlo Lo Raso
This was easily one of my favorite demos at the show. The stereo imaging and dynamics were extraordinary and easily beat out systems at the show costing significantly more money. I also loved the exceptional bass response. To read more . . .http://hometheaterhifi.com/features/show-reports-film-festivals-concerts/rocky-mountain-audio-fest-2015-show-report-day-2/
2015 RMAF - John Broskie
Okay, returning to the Sanders hybrid electrostatic speakers, they look like hybrids, so I expect them to sound like hybrids. They don't. I have tried to hear a sonic discontinuity between the electrostatic driver and the woofer, but I cannot. They sound like a full-range electrostatic, in spite of what my eyes tell me. . . to continue reading http://tubecad.com/2015/10/blog0330.htm
2015 THE Show Newport Beach Robert Greene TAS
Five Most Significant Products
Sanders 10D Speakers
The Sanders 10D loudspeaker was the best of the best at this show (of what I heard). Perhaps not everyone wants a speaker that emphasizes the direct arrival to this extent—the entire range above 175Hz is covered by a flat electrostatic panel, 15 inches wide, operated as a unit, hence quite beamy as frequency rises. But for the centered listener, something very close to sonic truth to the recordings emerged. And the new aluminum woofer, operated with a very steep DSP crossover at 175Hz produced bass that was awe-inspiring in power and extension, with precision to match the purity above (the bass is transmission-line-loaded). The whole had neutrality, low distortion, and sheer sonic power. Forget about the idea that electrostatics are subtly wimpy. Not so here, not at all. The Reference Recording version of Rutter’s A Gaelic Blessing was as close as one is going to get to the direct experience of live, large-scaled concert music at an audio show—or anywhere else outside a concert hall—with remarkable beauty, clarity, and delicacy in the voices, combined with power in the organ part. Wonderful stuff. This is a groundbreaking product. And the price is reasonable. The whole system, including amplification for the bass, is $15,000.
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-show-2015-speakers-under-20000/
2015 THE Show Newport Beach Chris Martens TAS
Fifteen Sweet-Sounding Systems at Newport Beach 2015
Led by Roger Sanders, a man with more than 40 years of experience in electrostatic loudspeakers, Sanders Sound Systems produces hybrid electrostatic loudspeakers that combine electrostatic panels with integrated transmission line-type dynamic woofer systems, which typically would be powered either by Sanders’ distinctive ESL or Magtech amplifiers.
Sanders’ Newport Beach system consisted of a pair of Model 10D hybrid electrostats powered by dual Sanders Magtech Stereo power amplifiers, with crossover duties handled by a Behringer DCX24/96 digital electronic crossover. Although ala carte pricing is possible, Sanders typically sells a package including the Model 10D speakers, the Behringer crossover, and one Magtech amp for $15,000.
The Sanders speakers exhibit all of the expected electrostatic virtues (transparency, neutrality, superb detail retrieval, and lightning-fast transient speeds), plus something more: namely, astonishing dynamic authority and clout, augmented by robust, rock-solid, deeply extended, and beautifully defined bass. Integration between the electrostatic panels and the transmission line bass system was simply superb.
2014 THE Show Newport Beach Robert Greene TAS
Top Five
Sanders Model 10D electrostatic
This hybrid electrostatic speaker is essentially the same as the previous 10 series models, but with a new woofer. The change of woofer, along with the bi-amping using a digital crossover powered by Sanders Magtech amplification, eliminated a certain thinness in previous versions of the Sanders 10 to provide a remarkable level of neutrality. Perhaps not everyone wants the extremely direct sound generated by the fairly wide and hence inevitably beamy single electrostatic panel. But if you do like this kind of directness, one gets the impression here of hearing very much what is actually on the recording. And the listening room around one all but vanishes. It is quite an effect—you have to hear it to believe it. In its distinctive way, this was one of the very best sounds at the show. Speakers: $8,000/pr. System price: $15k.
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/2014-newport-beach-show-report-speakers-under-15k/
