The 17s are also more sensitive (89dB) than the Magneplanars (84dB), which may be why I was able to peer so deeply into the soundstage. The horn-loaded soft-dome tweeters realistically rendered the subtle snick, snick, snick and ping of the ride cymbal, in a way that the quasi-ribbon of my Maggies cant match. I was also impressed with the Odeons reproduction of cymbals. Trumpets, trombones, and saxes sounded spread out and distinct from one another when they played in unison. I perceived a proper layering of instruments while listening to trombonist Conrad Herwigs Grammy-nominated Latin Side of Coltrane CD. The first quality that impressed me about them was their ability to project a deep, wide soundstage, even within the reduced listening space of my bedroom. The 17s demonstrated many satisfying qualities in this environment, and that is where they remained for the duration of the review. I placed the speakers away from from the walls, on the beautiful, heavy wood stands provided by the distributor. The solidly built, birch-veneered enclosure is offset by black side panels. The tweeter is complemented by a 6 12 slot-loaded polypropylene woofer. The most striking thing about the Odeon is its tweeter, a one-inch soft dome loaded by a small wooden horn lathed from birch laminate. I wear my audio bias proudly on my sleeve.) A dynamic speaker would have to swing mighty hard in order for me to consider switching.Įven then, to equal the satisfaction I derive from my Magneplanars, it would probably cost two to three times as much. No matter the strengths of a particular speaker, I always return gratefully to the open and spacious sound of my Maggies. Small two-way monitors always sound like cellos to me, and the Odeon 17 is no exception. The Combined edition includes all the features found in the Industrial and Auditorium editions. The Auditorium edition for a large set of room acoustical parameters based on the reverberation curve.

Odeon Acoustics Trial Edition ForĪpplications include Concert and opera halls, theatres, churches and mosques Open plan offices, foyers, restautants, music studios Underground and railway stations, airport terminals Industrial Environments, Outdoor areas with complicated geometry ODEON is available in three editions The Industrial edition for environmental acoustics where SPL, SPL(A), T30 and STI are the important results.

ODEON uses the image-source method combined with ray tracing.

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