Review Perlisten S4b monitor speaker – Honestly lasts the longest

Set-up and installation

We place the Perlisten S4b monitors a little closer to the back/front wall (scratch what fits) to purge a little more bass from the closed cabinet in our lively space. We place them about 2.5 meters apart, nicely away from the side walls and turn them in slightly. Along the ears so to speak.

We connect a Sonnet Hermes via i2s to a Sonnet Morpheus. From there it goes balanced to a Moon 600i V2 integrated amplifier. Simple and pure. Discs are played on a Musical Fidelity transport via AES/EBU and first rerouted to the Mutec briefly before the Morpheus takes over again.

The Perlisten S4b replaces our Revel Performa M126be in the reference system below:

Hardware:

• MOON 600i V2
• Sonnet Hermes
• Sonnet Morpheus
• Musical Fidelity M1
• Mutec MC3+
• Bassocontinuo Cymbalon 2.1

Wiring:

• Driade Flow 405 speaker cable
• RIcable Magnus
• Grimm TPR

Software:

• Roon Core on a Nuc (Tidal and Qobuz)