Measurements and conclusion
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Not entirely surprisingly, the TAD measures incredibly well. The response is particularly straight and measures in-room simply superb. Realize that we have no anechoic room. We measure the speaker as much as possible free standing and apply a window to filter things out. The measurement at 3 meters at the listening position is unfiltered. And even there the response is particularly good. The low peak can be damped with placement and change of seating position: it is room effect.
Distortion is low and nicely even. Below 200 Hz is not reliable enough, so forget that. We see a small – noticeable – peak at 150 Hz; probably the reflex port. We can say that the TAD Evolution 2 stays below -55 dB: 0.18%. That’s just top notch.
I’m looking for speakers and have more or less decided on Wilson Sasha 2, but before I commit I’m I the process of having my last look around and TAD speakers keep coming up hence Alpha audio. Question is the only time I’ve heard TAD was about 5 years ago and i found the tweeter a wee bit to bright for my taste. Any idea how modern TAD tweeters sound compared to Wilson’s latest silk dome tweeter??
We haven’t compared those, so it is impossible to tell.