M&K S-85 Speaker pair
One of the priorities of the American company Miller & Kreisel - improving the quality of spatial effects. Anyway, judging by their appearance, the design of S-85 developers paid much attention to this aspect. Oriented at a slight angle to the front bezel, three strips of the absorber and the conical lens around the RF head form a complex focusing system. The system is in the lower frequencies is constructed in such a way as to optimize the conditions for its pairing with a subwoofer, especially, of course, the brand. It is clear that a very compact speaker enclosure is not intended for self-development of deep bass. Hull form (there is only one right angle in a horizontal cross-section) helps absorb standing waves. There are two different terminal connection. The possibility of wall mounting.
Of course, the lack of low-frequency content is reflected appropriately in the fullness and completeness of sound pictures, coloristic as it simplifies it adjusts the scale of the sound event. However, the system organizes the excellent image in space. It is quite clear distributed imaginary sources on the front, visible "thin" spatial transitions in the perpendicular direction (front) direction. In standalone (without the low-frequency extensions) the system is, in our opinion, it is better to use the mode Normal. In this case, due to the reinforcing rods energy upper bass and lower mid-tones achieved the best balance of sound, the picture is more complete. In the Maximum sound has steadily cool flavor. Although depending on the acoustic properties of the room can change the situation. In all embodiments, the volume at a comfortable and perfectly resolved dynamically and tonally mids. The system does not seem to miss a single high-frequency details, giving a complete picture of the vocal nuances and overtones structure of instrumental sound.
As an independent stereo pairs S-85 will provide a very high level of phonetic images of musical forms, for which the role of the bass is not as important as, for example, for the symphonic classics. In conjunction with a good active subwoofer - especially brand (tested), it turns a great 2.1 system, capable of playing any music. You can not keep silent about the theater annex: the skill with which S-85 will build a cyclorama, is beyond praise.
