Review: Teufel System 9 THX Ultra 2 Speakers
Russell Williams takes a long hard look at the THX Ultra 2 System 9 Speaker package from German direct sellers Teufel.
As for the system itself, well it achieves its design goals in an impressive manner for a very impressive price. The M 950 FCRs and M 950Ds are worth every penny of the system price by themselves (at £444 each) and individually worthy of being considered reference grade products that push the £/performance envelope. The sub is still worthy of recommendation, albeit a slightly more cautious one although I suspect for many, the massive form factor will rule it out regardless. For those who chase realism in natural sounds and music, as opposed to all out sci-fi artificially generated effects, will find much to like in the M 9500 SW; It does what it does very well, it’s just that I feel those willing to accommodate a box like this will tend to lean toward the big effects movies and here, it can be bettered.
Recommended? With THX Ultra 2 speakers and all that means for less than £500 each, it would be hard not to. THX Ultra 2 guarantees a minimum level of performance that hasn’t previously been available on these shores for much less than a grand. In this case, the speakers in particular and the sub on balance mean that in performance terms, you aren’t suffering the minimum of anything.
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