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Review Audio Physic Classic 5 speaker

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Pros

  • Stylish appearance
  • Fast, coherent display
  • Placement

Cons

  • High a bit (too) matte

Price: € 1690

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Audio Physic Classic 5

Set-up

Contents

We place the floorstanders about three meters from each other and about one meter from the back wall. We turn them in a little bit and place our listening chair about four meters away. Our total listening area comes to 45m² and is limitedly attenuated.

We connect the Audio Physic Classic 5 with a set of Audioquest Go4 to a Bryston B60r. From there it goes with a Supra Sword to a Metrum Acoustics Onyx which receives its signal from a NADM50 via a balanced Grimm TPR. We record a lot of cd’s (back from never really been away), stream via Tidal (MQA first unfold) and play hi-res (FLAC) files. To run vinyl, we connect a Rega Planar 2 with Sbooster power supply to the Bryston’s excellent optional phono stage.

Listen

After a number of listening sessions at various fairs, we already got an idea of the signature and after playing our test list, we hear the same properties. Quick, open and clean. Does a loudspeaker sound like it? We need to think about this further but for now we will go a little deeper into the sound characteristics of the Classic 5.

We start with the CD “The Harrow and the Harvest” by Gillian Welch. A very nice album that was also recorded very well. The re-released vinyl version turns out to be even better and we urgently need to buy it. Immediately Welch’s voice is placed nicely in the middle of the stereo image and we don’t notice any turned up high. The guitar and the banjo sound pure and natural. Occasionally we miss some sparkle in certain passages, something we are used to from our Audio Vectors. There is sufficient detail but not exaggerated. This is not an exaggerated holographic loudspeaker with which you can dive deep into the recording but rather a balanced transmitter of music. At higher volume we notice little hardening and the sound comes loose from the speakers.

To the Audio Physic Classic 5 not too easy to make we impose “Titanic Rising” of Weyes Blood. A bombastic album that is surprisingly addictive. Natalie Mering’s conjuring voice fits in wonderfully with the spun-out arrangements with dramatic accents and once again stands beautifully in the middle of the soundstage. The electronic accents perfectly support the almost sacred songs and the playback seems completely balanced. There’s enough foundation to give each song some body, but you don’t feel the basses in your belly. The bass is rather fast and tight but may be insufficient for some listeners. We’d rather have tight, fast low than turned on low and sing along happily with the song Mirror Forever.

This Audio Physic Classic 5 will not dissect a recording with a scalpel as said, but mainly tries to capture the essence of a song to reflect. A hi-res version of Beck’s “Sea Change” shows this effortlessly. You hear a lot about the recording, but there’s no emphasis anywhere. The Classic 5 is not an audiophile speaker that perfectly reproduces the timbre of the oboe or that guides you through a song with microscopic precision. It is a loudspeaker that you enjoy and one that plays well under all circumstances. High tones are not turned on and do not sound sharp, the bass is not lumpy and voices sound clear and are clearly understandable.

Winkels met Audio Physic

St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Koningsstraat 35
2011TC Haarlem, Noord Holland, NL
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL