MI55ION
Distinguished Member
After a bit of kafuffle, I finally managed to pick up my 99.25s from the depot, hats off to XTZ who has been very helpful with my queries. The box appeared a little worn but upon opening it up I'm glad to say everything was intact. Initial impressions, the speakers are smaller than expected but are deep and feel reassuringly weighty. I could see them fitting in with the room nicely. My only gripe at the moment, after a quick inspection I noticed lots of fine hair line scratches on some parts of the speakers, especially prominent on one of the sides. Also unlike Russell's speakers, my ones shipped with the treble tuning links in -2db setting. My question to Russell and others that have bought these speakers, is this and those fine hair line scratches on the piano gloss finish normal? Being honest, I do get the feeling that these have had some use.
Putting that aside, its too early to play at reference level, but having heard them so far my initial impression is wow! Nuff said for now
Putting that aside, its too early to play at reference level, but having heard them so far my initial impression is wow! Nuff said for now