Reviewer Steve Marsh in 2016 said this: After spending hundreds of hours with the Bastanis Mandala, I can honestly say that they do many things better than any speakers I have ever heard. Foremost among these qualities is that they are highly expressive and produce a very involving nuanced sound. They project a large soundstage with great depth and bloom at even moderate levels. When called upon, they will startle you with dynamic impact. They will do justice to all kinds of music as one would expect from a truly full-range speaker - and do all of it with a mere 10 watts of pure triode power per channel admittedly (not counting the separate woofer amps!). It all adds up to another award. The Mandala Atlas are the predecessor to the Sagarmatha Duo with similar complement of drivers: Mid/Tweeter: one Gemini;
Bass: two 12 inch Chrystal drivers per channel;
Active powered Dipole Sub: one 15 inch driver with plate amp (Dayton).
The subs were purchased directly from the Bastanis dealer in Canada (Peacenik Audio) as were the drivers, capacitors and wiring. The top-end wood work was done locally to Bastanis spec. Cardas binding posts were selected. These come in two parts per channel: one sub and one upper frequency (above 100Hz) unit.
Shipping is possible but I can drive up to 200 miles to meet you. This design offers a very transparent (due to open baffle and one capacitor crossover) and engaging sound, very different voice than boxed speakers that draws you right into the performance in a compelling way. Paypal add 3%.Subs can be sold separately.
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