skykomish

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.20 of 5, 5.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1000.00

Summary:
Bought these second hand from an Alon lover, he had 3 sets of Alons. I found them to be excellent with full range dynamics. The highs are clear and pleasing, midrange is transparent. The woofers are 12 in drivers, so there is no need for powered subs with these. In comparing these with my Martin Logans, they are superior, but the MLs have a wider soundstage.

Strengths:
unique appearance, bass, build quality

Weaknesses:
bulky and large, heavy

Similar Products Used:
Vandersteen, Martin Logan, B&W, Thiel

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I have these speakers for three months,I am using one Cinepro 3K6SE Gold six Ch. amp to power them.Alon sound very musical never harsh , mid , highs are very open and airy with big sound stage.Bass is tight never out of control. If you get them under $1600 Used, its bargain . You will love it.

Strengths:
Tight Bass, open liquid mid , crisp airy high , Big, wide sound stage.

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
AlonV , B&W 801

Price Paid:  $1110.00 from Audiogon

Summary:
Wow! Talk about a bargain! First, let me first bash about the Stereophile's recommended ratings. I must be missing something. This Alon IV was rated Class B. No way! It must be Class A (same fate befall the great Aerial 10T which sounds much better than many Class A speakers I have owned or auditioned). The differences of the sound produced using single-wire, bi-wire and tri-wire are unbelievable. You need tri-wire. And I mean shotgun tri-wire. I used 3 pairs of NBS cables (Monitor III for mid, IV for high, and Dragon Fly for bass). The speakers are pretty inefficient (87db) - you definitely need high-quality, high powered amp. However, I do not much issue driving them using my Accuphase E203 (70W/8ohm, 90W/4ohm) to very loud level. With my hated Krell KAV300i, the Alon IV is like a detail-retreiving machine - every single detail on the source is bared in front of me. If you see one one used market, audition or grab it by all means. You'll enjoy them as much as I do. P.S. I plan to bi-wire this monster. The high and mid will drive by tube amp while the bass with drive by a solid state amp. Will post updates a few months later.

Strengths:
Smooth and musical. Vast soundstage and pin-point accuracy in timbre & imaging.

Weaknesses:
Rather inefficient. Forget your fea-powered SET tube amps. Need shotgun tri-wire to sound best.

Similar Products Used:
Revel, B&W, Newform Research, Tyler, Magnepan, Castle, Wharfedale (Ahhh!)

Price Paid:  $1650.00

Summary:
These are some OF THE FINAST SPEAKERS in the 5000.00 and under price range.However you must tri wire to enjoy full sound out of these speakers, also remove grills and place min 3' from rear wall and leave space between speakers unobstructed.




my set up
class 700 s amp
audio illusions 2b pre amp
oracle turntable
cal dx1 cd player
using acarian tri speaker cable

Strengths:
great bass seamless midrange,vocals have long depth

Weaknesses:
you will need a strong amp.also a large listening room

Price Paid:  $3500.00

Summary:
Highly recommended after extended listening.

Strengths:
This is a wonderfully enjoyable product. I have WATT/Puppies and B&W 802's in other systems and I often come back to the Alon's for the simple enjoyment of foot-tapping, involving music. The bass, midrange and upper voice range are seamless. I've not experienced the bass "hump" some others have talked about.

Weaknesses:
Non-standard binding posts. It really does need to be tri-wired. I've tried single wiring with jumpers and the musicality is definitely affected.

Similar Products Used:
Wilson WATT 3/Puppy 2; B&W 802 Series 3