The set-up
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We have heard the TAD on several amplifiers and dacs. Most of the time we played on the Pass Labs X150.8, because this really is a match made in heaven. Both dacs – the Grimm UC1 and the Sonnet Pasithea sound very good on this speaker. This is because the TAD manages to expose the accents beautifully, without showing any sharpness.
- Pass Labs XP-12
- Pass Labs X150.8
- NAD M23
- Grimm UC1
- Sonnet Pasithea
- Grimm TPM wiring
- Driade Flow cabling (speaker / interlinks)
- Isotek filters(Titan / Aquarius)
- YETI Power cables
I’m looking for speakers and have more or less decided on Wilson Sasha 2, but before I commit I’m I the process of having my last look around and TAD speakers keep coming up hence Alpha audio. Question is the only time I’ve heard TAD was about 5 years ago and i found the tweeter a wee bit to bright for my taste. Any idea how modern TAD tweeters sound compared to Wilson’s latest silk dome tweeter??
We haven’t compared those, so it is impossible to tell.
I do not think the TAD tweeters are bright… But hey: my ears, room and system…
How about the difference between the Focal and TAD tweeter? All speakers that i’ve experienced with beryllium have a more upper brightness to there character?
TAD is way more soft than Focal.
I second that. The TAD Evolution 2 is far from what I would describe as sharp. A good way to hear for yourself, just watch this livestream featuring a live band with Middle Eastern music that hit the upper registers. Since the TAD Evolution 2 is against non-beryllium tweeter competitors, the differences in that spectrum are quite easy to hear: https://www.youtube.com/live/HWAKn9BJ_NA
I’m going to travel half way across Sweden to a shop that has the Evolution 2’s for demo, I found that latest live stream with your Tad evo 2’s sounding amazing here in my listening room. I’m looking for my last speaker, 35 years of hifi is coming to an end for me. My system and room is all in order, just need speakers. Top of my list is the Raidho D2.1, but first i want to here the Tad evo 2’s before i commit to the Raidho D2.1. And it ‘s typical that the only pair of Raidho D2.1 for sale is in Holland.
Two very different speakers I suppose. Have fun listening!