Meze Audio ARTA
Meze's $6,000 summit-fi planar — big, speaker-like and all-day comfortable, but whether its warm, relaxed voice is lush or veiled, and worth twice an Empyrean II, splits the room.
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Klipsch RP-600M II
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Behringer Swing
The KeyStep clone that divides a forum in one sentence — solid, feature-packed and cheap to most who own one, a copy to boycott or a QC gamble to the rest.
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Warm
A boost in the bass and lower mids that gives music a rich, cozy, easy-on-the-ears character.
Soundstage
The perceived three-dimensional space of a recording — how wide, deep, and tall the sound appears.
Bright
An emphasis on the upper midrange and treble — vivid, clear, and sometimes sharp.
Neutral
An even-handed sound with no part of the spectrum pushed forward or held back — balanced and reference-like.