Congrats sa LSi9. Those are great-sounding speakers.
Thanks Jon2, Billabong, Stagea
Yeah, it actually trumped out a more expensive B&W 683 in the A/B listening tests using my receiver, to thnk the 683 is a floorstander.
What mesmerized me with the LSi9 over the LSi7 is its ability to 'disappear' when playing music. The sound staging is just so wide when I close my eyes, the sound seems to be coming from somewhere else except from the physical location of the speakers.
My RTiA3 can almost go as low as the LSi9s, its midrange and highs are also as potent, but what I paid for as 'upgrade' is the experience of the speakers disappearing in the listening area,a feat usually found in speakers way above the PhP100K mark.
I believe that's the goal of every manufacturer/designer since the invention of the loudspeaker - to create speakers that disappears in the listening area and render music with the closest fidelity to the original recording as possible, at the most affordable price.