I
was excited to hear a speaker designed specifically for an SE84C or
SE84CS because it would be another killer recommended loudspeaker at
around the same low cost as the amp. I was most impressed with the
Parker 95's. They disappear well, have an easy to listen to signature
that is smooth and well extended in both directions. They do not
require a sub to sound right, the bass is full without bloat, and they
get plenty loud with a Zen. I feel it's a speaker that will sound right
in almost any room because of its slightly relaxed and very musical
signature.
Steve Deckert
After discussing my needs with Dave, he agreed
to build a custom pair of bookshelf speakers for me based on the Parker
Audio Troll platform. A high quality ribbon driver replaced the standard
tweeter and the "Troll Signature" was born .....
This is one fantastic little speaker ..... at
92 db efficiency and a 4 ohm impedance it works very nicely with my
Decware Select amplifier and CSP2 preamp.
These puppies absolutely disappear (as any
really good bookshelf monitor should) and do very well at filling my 26'
x 16' listening room with music.
..... for anyone looking for a fine,
inexpensive ($549.00 pair) speaker to mate with their Decware Zen
amplifier, I can give the Troll Signature a hearty "two thumbs up" .....
Randy
Special thanks to
Steve Deckert for my Zen SE84B and to Dave Dutill, for the parker
95's - a match made in heaven. Less money, more music. Yes!
Mark Kirby
I have to say that
from the moment I started listening to them, the Parker Audio 95 MkIIs
sounded excellent. I was totally blown away by just how smooth,
detailed, focused and fast they were. When you start hearing new
details, new textures in music you have known and loved for years then
you KNOW you are onto something good and I was hearing a lot of new
stuff with these speakers! Click
here for Johns Speaker building Journey
John
Bloor
I have been planning a
system for my bedroom based on a Zen Select triode for ages and it is
finally up and running.....................I am running it with the
Parker 95MKII's and it is a match made in heaven.
Larry Crimmins
I just spent a
delightful evening listening to a Zen Select driving a set of
custom-made high-efficiency speakers that were designed for
"flea-powered" amps. We listened to several albums. It was sublime,
involving, musical, emotionally resonant.........words are too limited
to describe it. I listened to favorite albums that sounded new all over
again. Experiences like these are not quantifiable.
Dwayne
Your 98's combined with
the little SE84CS is by far the best setup I have ever had. In fact,
nothing I've ever had comes near competing with the combination of the
Decware amp and the Parker 98's.
The headroom one gets
with a single select is absolutely mind-boggling, and the
intelligibility and lack of congestion in large sounding complex
passages, such as piano, symphony and choral textures is absolutely
amazing.
Many serious listeners
that have heard them at my place have been absolutely astounded;
including musician friends who do a lot of live recording of
classical recitals and concerts; for whom I've played their recordings
through my system. Half of everyone I know is or have been professional
musicians, including myself and my wife.
Karl Jensen
Last evening,
magic finally arrived, with the new 98's voicing themselves in a manner
that allowed the upright bass to be within touching distance. The piano
notes floated and paused.....................
And the horns were spine tingling in their presentation. Went in and
out of the room several times and the ambience and presence was the same
each time I returned.
The symbiosis has arrived.
Mrdi
They are a
well rounded speaker with a quite neutral and balanced signature; no
noticeably objectionable peaks or dips. The bass extension is fairly
low, fast, and quite a bit less tubby than normally heard in tall bass
reflex cabinets. The midrange is coherent and well defined, with good
clarity, and the highs are exceptionally fast, clean, and warm sounding.
Doesn't sound thick, doesn't sound thin, it just sounds good.
I'd say the
98 Signature model sounds far better than anything that costs so little
has any right to, for sure.
Eddie Vaughn
I find the parkers
fronting the Imperials to be the best combination of speakers with all
of the Decware amps.
Tim
Dissapear they do.. I've
had mine for over three years now and to be honest never really think
about them. They look nice, but don't scream for attention. They sound
terrific....................... Whenever I eye my system and think of
what could make it better, I never even think of the Parkers. I
guess that's the best compliment I can give them.
BrettJM
Well I finally had the chance to hear how my
ZEN 84C really sounds with the Parker 95 Signatures. All I can say is
the 2 were meant for each other and now I can understand more clearly
Steve's enthusiasm. He makes a claim that one needs to spend up to 10K
to get this level of performance and I totally agree to that statement
NOW That I have listened to both of them together. You see just about 1
week ago I went to a small Audio specialty store that had on display
The Wilson Maxx Series 3 Speakers which lets say its very,very expensive
70K for the pair, plus 10k for ARC'S Reference CD7 cd player, 25K for
the amps ,10K for the preamp,3.5K for power filtering and maybe 10k in
IC's and power cords from Transparent AUDIO. SO THIS SYSTEM I HEARD COST
ALMOST 130k. Well I got news for you from the midrange thru the extreme
highs I prefered the sound of my sytem to what I listened to 1 week ago
on that special set up. I played a cut from the Firebird Suite
1919 a 96K 24 bit special file available from ITRACK web site. The high
freq. extension went out to infinity on the Parker 95's with tremendous
air and spaciousness and I could clearly hear the actual acoustic space
the orchestra was playing in so easily.
I really was sucked into the performance with the micro dynamics as well
as the huge difference in the ppp passages and the final climax last
cords. I was grinning ear to ear when this 25 minute track finished and
said WOW! I have them in my 13 foot wide by 27 foot
living room with standard 8 foot ceiling heavy insulated from above.
I am still experimenting with speaker placement from the first 5 hours
of playing. I bought these speakers used so I assume they are already
well broken in.
I have already played every imaginable type of music from this combo
and its holding its own with the best around. I need to speak with
Mr. Parker and find out what sub. would mate well with his 95
Signatures.
Oh while I 'm remembering I played a cut with light Jazz from Diana Krall and was able to hear light drum stroking with drum brushes all the
way thru
the entire song.It never was buried underneath a fog or haze but was
clearly heard in the background as you were there in person. What
a revelation this was to my ears and the high end system never came
anywhere close to doing this.
I extend my
gratitude for all your hard work and continuation of making
affordable audiophile gear to those with less discretionary income
available.
Again I as trombone player for the past 40 years and playing bass
trombone for the past 20 years in The Skagit Symphony offers me a unique
insight into the sound of live music and both of you have achived this
in spades.
Again Thank You Very Much
Don Curry
Parker Audio 7232 Hopeful Road
Florence KY 41042 Phone: 859 512 3566
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