I think in the context of a $5600 upgrade ($700/Ultra 5 x 8 Ultra 5s), the question is do you feel both are value for money at their respective prices? In the context of my own experience, I found the Ultra 5s and HRS M3/Nimbus Couplers to do something to my existing component I could not find any other way to replicate...and yes, the upgrade in sound was significant enough I am happy to have done it.
Lloyd
In the great scheme of things, this is absolutely staying in my system
When I first sat down to listen, my first impression was that I had give something up (specifically a bit of punch or sharpness) in spite of having amazing improvements in my deep bass and midbass. This bothered me and as I said I felt the change in speaker height would require some adjustment of my upper modules which I preferred to do rather than elevate my chair accordingly.I spent a few hours this morning disassembling the upper modules and re-setting the rear spike positions, let the system warm up and have been here for the past 3 hours.
Much to my pleasure, the punch that I lacked initially was now back. The focus of the singer's and the height of their mouths is now dead on. Once again I can understand Christian's comments that the sound stage of some music will exceed the outer boundaries of the speakers. Well a few tracks I played did in fact do that very thing
I was mesmerized. Once again thanks to you guys for bringing the topic to the fore front and keeping it active.
I am a very happy camper