Odeon Midas Speakers - anyone know them ?

Posted by: JF Lux on 24 February 2017

Dropped into a hi if dealer in Trier (Germany) this afternoon just for the hell of it (well...that was what i said to Mrs JF Lux when we happened to "stumble across it..."), Main reason is to start looking for a new front-end streamer/renderer and possibly new speakers,

Anyway...the dealer (a one-man show in a lovely shop/building/house) put on an AURALiC Aries through a Unison Research integrated (valve) with Odeon Midas speakers. Played a couple of tracks I am used to via Qobuz streaming (CD quality). And even my wife immediately said that sounds damn good...And it was the Aries mini, not even the full-fat Auralic.

So although not with Naim amps, these Odean speakers have now got me very, very interested. They are a German make but can find very little info when I browse internet. Anyone heard of them...? Anyone with some experience...?

They have a good WAF (wife acceptance factor), clean deep bass, very open and 3-dimensional. 95db sensitivity into 6 ohms.

Will be arranging to get a full demo taking my hifi to the dealer so I can play with sources and speakers and a couple of other tweaks. But any initial insight would be appreciated.

(And this dealer also had a couple of pairs of Franco Serblin speakers on display...georgeous...)