Stereo Times
Consumer Electronics Show 2007
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Israel Blume, designer behind Coincident Loudspeakers, is quite the happy chap these days representing the Manley Tube Flag of Audiophiles with his newest affordable loudspeaker in the Total Eclipse II ($8,999). Yours truly reviewed Blume's original Eclipse back in 2000 and was quite impressed not only by the wonderful sonics that came via this 94 dB/14 Ohm stress-free design, but also its real-world price tag.

Enjoy The Music
Consumer Electronics Show 2006
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Coincident Speaker Technology's Israel Blume exhibited with the Manley Lab folks. Here he declared total victory with the Total Victory II ($12,999/pair), an updated version of the speaker originally reviewed in The Absolute Sound. Sensitivity is stated as 97dB/W/m with a nominal impedance of 10 ohms; highly suitable specs for low-power SET drive.

Positive Feedback Online
Consumer Electronics Show 2005
Issue 18
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And now on to my Seven Sensational Systems—my picks for top sound at the show:

The Best Glued-to-the-Couch Sound among the Sensational 7 Systems was provided in spades by EveAnna Manley of Manley Laboratories and Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology. EveAnna was using her Steelhead phono preamp, the Wave DAC/Preamp, and Snapper monoblock amps to run Israel's Super Eclipse speakers, in a dramatically lit room.
Sources were a VPI TNT HR-X turntable and a SimAudio Nova CD transport, and cables were all from Coincident. It was chills-down-the-spine time in this room, and the reproduction of Stan's recording of Tom Loncaric was phenomenal, to the point that Stan simply didn't want to leave. This year, more than ever, made me want to get this system into my own listening room for comparison. Bravo.


Hi-Fi+
Consumer Electronics Show 2005
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One of my favorite sounds was caught in the Coincident Speaker Technology/ Manley Audiolabs room. Listening to the Super Eclipse III speakers with the Manley Snapper amplifiers and Steelhead phono section was a real aural treat. My hats off to Israel Blume and EveAnna Manley for a very musical and enjoyable set up. This was another room I returned to several times.


Bound For Sound
Consumer Electronics Show 2005
January 2005
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Coincident Loudspeakers was displaying the very same speaker that I had just finished auditioning. What happened was, when I finished with my audition I sent the speakers to Manley, who then took them to Vegas. Israel Bloom relies on Manley tube electronics to get the best from his speakers and I can see why. As you'll see in the review, the Super Eclipse has a room filling sound that is ultra rich in textures and tones. This is an emotional sounding speaker that is capable of capturing the soul of a recording - but it does so best with tubes. The best speaker that I have heard from Coincident yet.


The Absolute Sound
Consumer Electronics Show 2005
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Coincident Speaker Technology teamed (once again) with Manley Labs to unveil the new Super Eclipse III ($5999), a floorstander with a D'Appolito mid-tweeter section and side-firing woofers. The sound was bold, tuneful, and detailed with Manley's tube gear: the $7300 Steelhead phono preamp (TAS' 2004 Preamp of the Year), $7500 Wave DAC, and $4500 Snapper amps. A VPI TNT-HRX turntable ($10,000) and Simaudio Nova transport ($4000) provided the tunes, while Coincident cables tied it all together. By the way, given the presence of EveAnna Manley, every audiophile's dream babe and all-around great gal, this was also the most fun room at the show.
Wayne Garcia's Best of Show - Greatest Values: Coincident Super Eclipse III.


Stereophile
Consumer Electronics Show 2005
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Eveanna Manley showed off her new remote-controlled Prawn line stage (ca $6000), matching it with the new Super Eclipse Series III loudspeakers ($5999/pair) from Coincident Speaker Technology. Lively, engaging sound and good company are reliably on display in the Manley Labs/Coincident room.


Enjoy The Music
Consumer Electronics Show 2005
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It is a conspiracy I tell ya'! Manley Labs and Coincident loudspeakers are in cahoots! This is the seventh year running for these two companies sharing a room. This year's setup includes the Manley Labs Steelhead phono and Snapper amplifiers while the loudspeakers are the Coincidence Super Eclipse III. So how did it reproduce music? This rooms rocks along and like previous years, is always a welcome relief.

Positive Feedback Online
Consumer Electronics Show 2005
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Manley Labs with Coincident Speaker Technology. Really good sound, really good people. Manley gets it.

Hi-Fi+
Le Festival Son et Image de Montréal 2004
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Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology was getting some good sounds with a small speaker system in a room located across the street at the Sheraton Four Points. Coincident has seen many favourable reviews in North American magazines. They can be located at http://www.coincidentspeaker.com. I will be contacting Israel in the future to see what we can line up since we both live in Toronto.


2004 Festival Son & Image - Stereophile
July 2004
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Coincident Speaker Technology had the Series II version of their floor-standing Partial Eclipse ($4500 Cdn/pr.), now completely revised from the original model: new tweeter (a special version of the famous Revelator), midrange and woofer, with corresponding crossover changes. With a very useful 92 db sensitivity, the Partial Eclipse Series II sounded first- rate driven by Coincident's MP 300B amplifier ($5200 Cdn.)


Enjoy The Music
Le Festival Son et Image de Montréal 2004
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Having encountered my friend Israel Blume at the cocktail party the night before, I knew just what to expect when I entered his Coincident Speaker Technology room. Again, this year, there was the bare bones room with electricity coming right out of the wall into the components. Using the same out of production CD player and preamplifier as last year, he managed to borrow a couple of his beautiful 18 watt tube monoblocks from a customer - they sell so fast that he never has any in stock - at $4,000/pr US. The cabling, of course, is his, too. I had the good fortune to sample his reasonably priced CST 1 speaker cable during some reviews last summer and found them very synergistic with my Partial Eclipses. The treat, this year, was having an opportunity to compare the Partial Eclipse (now, $3,500 US) with the newer Super Eclipse ($6K US), which uses the same drivers, but doubles up on the mid-range and side-firing woofer.

With the extra drivers, the Supers need a somewhat larger cabinet, but both have the same excellent wood veneering and style that fits so well into virtually any environment. Using a familiar CD, it took me all of three seconds to lock in on the familiar sound of the Partial Eclipses, which still grace my home with music. Switching over to the Super Eclipse while the music continued to play, the result was stunning. Israel asked me if I would like a pair for review. I said I can do that in two words: Mo' Better! Or is that only one and a half? Anyhow, save the shipping costs, Israel. With the same sonic signature as the Partials, the Super Eclipse is more than twice the loudspeaker at less than twice the price. Everything gets better - dynamics, transparency, fullness, bass, soundstaging, smoothness, even the treble. And in a parting perception, I noticed the loudspeakers were not even on their brass spikes! Of course those beautiful monoblocks might have been contributing something, too.

Coincident Speaker Technology was using owner Israel Blume's personal Alchemist Forsetti APD33A drive and APD34A DAC to show off the Coincident MP300B single-ended monoblock amplifiers ($3,999 USD/pair) that powered the Coincident 3-way Partial Eclipse Series 2 speakers. ($3,500 USD/pair). I have never heard the Barenaked Ladies ! sound so present in their recording "Hello City" as I did in that room. Their first CD has a lot of vocal information that not every system captures. Not only did the realistic mid-range that one expects of a single-ended 300B amplifier come through the Coincident loudspeakers, the bass and horn harmonics were so true that the room came alive. Similarly for Lorna Hunt's recording, playing when we first entered the room.

TAS 2004 CES Show Report
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Manley Labs is always good for something new in vacuum tubes, and did not disappoint. The new (approximately) $3500 Prawn linestage was on static display, while LPs were channeled through the $7300 Steelhead phonostage and CDs through the $7500 Wave linestage/DAC- all played back through Israel Blume's latest effort, the 100db/watt-sensitive Coincident Speaker Technology Grand Victory. The sound was open and clear, with great midrange and midbass rightness and plenty of dynamic gusto. These two manufacturers always seem to put together a great sound at the show, though for some reason the LP sound wasn't up to the digital this year.


Manley Labs CES 2004 Gallery
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Once again we exhibited with
Manley Labs. NEO Classic 300B amps drove the Grand Victory's, with a front end consisting of Manley Wave DAC and VPI HRX turntable. All cables were Coincident.





Positive-Feedback.com
CES 2004 Inmate Picture Gallery
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Audioasylum.com
CES 2004 Inmate Picture Gallery
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Audiogon.com
CES 2004 Picture Gallery
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Enjoy The Music.com
The 2004 CES
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Coincident had their Grand Victory ($9,500 per pair) was specifically designed for low wattage tube amplifiers. This 100dB/W/m design presents a virtually flat 8-ohm load with a frequency response from 30Hz to 45kHz. They are a hefty 250 lbs each, so bring a friend during installation.













Enjoy The Music.com
Le Festival Son et Image de Montréal 2003
Coverage by Rick Becker
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Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology recognized me with a rare smile when I finally found his room. I had reviewed his Partial Eclipse Series II model last summer, and have been using them as my reference ever since. He was demonstrating his newly updated Super Eclipse that basically uses the same drivers from the Partials installed in the Super Eclipse cabinet. The new Super is a little taller and a little deeper than my Partials, using a D'Appolito configuration of tweeter and two midrange drivers, and two side mounted 8" woofers. In the modest size hotel room, it had a familiar sound, but greater transparency than I had been able to realize in my own system. I figured it must be the lively, bare-bones hotel room, or Israel's penchant for tube amplifiers. Speaking of which, his Coincident tube amplifiers were nowhere to be seen this year. He had sold out of them, and the new shipment from China was overdue. Small wonder, from what I heard last year. But fear not, he had cobbled up a system with a discontinued gold and silver Alchemist CD player, pre-amplifier, and a pair of Antique Sound Labs Hurricane tube monoblocks running at 100 wpc in triode mode. With his high efficiency, tube-friendly speakers, the amplifier was way overkill. The glass Golden Ear award from The Absolute Sound atop one of the speakers kind of said it all.

Israel was kind enough to share some feedback he received from people who had read my review of the Partials. This, along with the arrival of a pair of Manley Mahi monoblocks, and the loan of some Coincident speaker cables, will lead to an enlightening follow-up review in the near future. Stay tuned to this station.







Enjoy The Music.com
The 2003 CES and T.H.E. SHOW
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EveAnna Manley of Manley Laboratories, with Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology set up a room that sounded great as always. The Manley Steelhead phono preamp, Wave preamp/DAC, and Snapper monoblocks were powering a pair of Coincident Total Victory loudspeakers. The sound in this room, from a company that exhibits the Best Ability to Combine Pro and High-End Hardware was live, coherent, dynamic, integrated top-to-bottom, enjoyable, and fun.


The Stereo Times
The 2003 CES and T.H.E. SHOW
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EveAnna Manley took time along with Coincident's Israel Blume to smile for our camera. Driven with an all-out assault of Manley electronics driving a pair of Coincident Total Victory loudspeakers ($11,500), the sound was cohesive and as open as that relatively small room could allow. Still, the soundstage capability of the Total Victory eclipsed front wall and seemed to come from a bigger and wider venue listening to a variety of CD's I brought personally along. Needless to say there's something special going on between Manley and Coincident products. Synergy indeed.



Positive Feedback
On Line-Issue 5
The 2003 CES and T.H.E. SHOW
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EveAnna Manley of Manley Laboratories, with Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology set up a room that sounded great as always. The Manley Steelhead phono preamp, Wave preamp/DAC, and Snapper monoblocks were powering a pair of Coincident Total Victory loudspeakers. The sound in this room, from a company that exhibits the Best Ability to Combine Pro and High-End Hardware was live, coherent, dynamic, integrated top-to-bottom, enjoyable, and fun.







Enjoy The Music
Le Festival Son et Image de Montréal 2002
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I suspect Israel Blume remembered me from the New York show last year. He was much more reserved and let his new Victory model speak for itself. I was so impressed with this room I made sure I came back for a second visit. The system was comprised of a Wadia CD player feeding his MP-300B monoblocks with two 300B tubes giving 18 watts. This was the first public showing of these $3,495/pr USD monoblocks, which are a further development of his SIP-300B stereo integrated amp, which sells for only $2,395 USD. I'm sure the cables were his own as well. The Coincident Loudspeaker Technology Victory, at 97dB sensitivity, was born to be driven by tubes, but only down to about 36Hz in order to keep its size under control, and its price down to $4,599 USD/pr. I played the drum cut from the Burmester 3 CD and this system was absolutely tight. Timbre was accurate, the sense of space was easily reproduced, and all at a very loud level, albeit in one of the smaller hotel rooms. The loudspeakers did not want for power from these Asian built amps. I thought about asking for a review pair, but when I got home and read the rave review in his handout, reprinted with permission from AVguide.com, there was nothing more that needed to be said. If you need lower bass, or have a large room, you will just have to up the ante upwards of $11,500 USD for his larger Total Victory model. Did I mention that the woodwork was gorgeous and the dynamics and transparency were outstanding? Be sure and check these out at the New York show if you go.


Listener
Le Festival Son et Image de Montréal 2002
May/June 2002 - Volume 8, No.3
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And Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology was showing his new $11,500 Total Victory that, in spite of its complex appearance, maintains 97dB sensitivity and a 10-ohm nominal load. Playing LPs and using Manley electronics helped to show how good this speaker can be.


Stereophile
Le Festival Son et Image de Montréal 2002
Canadian Audio Report
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Coincident Speaker Technology has been doing well with their latest high-sensitivity speakers; they now have matching amps: the SIP300B integrated (Cdn.$3749) and MP300B monoblock (Cdn.$5499/pair). Crisp, dynamic sound was the hallmark of Coincident's Victory loudspeakers (Cdn.$6999).



Enjoy The Music
Le Festival Son et Image de Montréal 2002
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Canadian loudspeaker manufacturer, Coincident Speaker Technology, has decided to join the pack of high-end manufacturers offering a complete system to its customers with the introduction of its 18-watt 300B-based MP300B monoblocks ($3,495 per pair USD) and its own line of cables.

The MP300Bs were used along with a Wadia CD player to drive a pair of the 97dB efficient Coincident Victory ($4,499 USD) four-way loudspeakers. The Victory was finished in a lovely real cherry veneer (hey, just quoting the designer folks!) and I was quite impressed by their immediacy and sense of pace. If you are looking for a full-range floor-stander to try with a single-ended amplifier, this is one worth considering

POSITIVE FEEDBACK ONLINE - ISSUE 1
Music, Sound and Personalities: The 2002 WCES and T.H.E. Expo
by Dave Glackin
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The Best Merger of Audiophile and Pro-Audio Sensibilities was much in evidence at Manley Laboratories (www.manleylabs.com). The ever upbeat and take-no-prisoners EveAnna Manley was showing off the highly acclaimed Manley Steelhead phono preamp, which has an incredible array of useful features right on the front panel, and the usual high build quality. EveAnna was also featuring an upgraded Wave Preamp/DAC (with a new 24/96 board), and the new Snapper 100 W monoblock. These were powering a pair of Coincident Total Victory loudspeakers from Israel Blume. (Hey, the solar astronomer here... me... wants to know what happened to the Total Eclipse speakers from last year. Have they been overshadowed by a newer model?) There were many, many other Manley products on static display, including the new entry-level Shrimp preamp, along with veritable heaps of vacuum tubes that looked like they were recovering from a big party the previous night. The sound of this system was thoroughly enjoyable, relaxed, musical, dynamic, and F*U*N. The LP reproduction was phenomenal. The CD reproduction really floated my boat as well. It was one of the very few rooms where I just wanted to sit and listen. My hat's off to EveAnna (not that she ever takes hers off) for taking the helm of this company and running with it.


The Best of the High End - CES 2002
Cost no Object Loudspeakers - Pushing the Limits
The Absolute Sound - April / May 2002 - Jonathan Valin
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I was also greatly impressed by the $11,500 Coincident Speaker Technology " Total Victory ", (yeah, I know), powered by Manley electronics. Soundstaging was superb; timbres gorgeous.
Best - of - show for around ten grand.



The 2002 International CES Show
Stereophile- Vol. 25, No. 4
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Coincident Speaker Technology brought along their new Total Victory (11,500)-a serious statement speaker featuring the ribbon tweeter Coincident debuted in the smaller Victory, and four side-mounted 8" woofers per cabinet. The Total Victory-a full range speaker in the true sense of the term-sports a tube friendly nominal impedance of 10 ohms, and partnered perfectly with the new Manley Labs Snapper 100W tube monoblocks, even taking into account EveAnna Manley's penchant for ear -and speaker- busting volumes. Manley and Coincident's Israel Blume were justifiably proud of their new audio babies.


The 2002 International CES Show
Bound For Sound-Issue 141
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Coincident has been steadily building a rep for fine loudspeakers. I have the Victory for audition and the review should be forthcoming in the next issue. In Vegas, Coincident was showing the Total Victory. It's basically a Victory with more bass power. Immediately I could tell the difference in the bass. In the mids and highs the speakers sounded dead similiar. In the bass the Total Victory may have been the Total Package.


The 2002 International CES Show
The Stereo Times
Equipment Lust in Las Vegas: Day Two
Greg Weaver
22 January 2002
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Moving further into the burgeoning campus, I looked up Israel Blume and EveAnna Manley, who were exhibiting together. Coincident Speaker Technologies was showing the new Total Victory ($11500), a very detailed and dynamic loudspeaker. The Total Victory is a deeper, taller version of the standard Victory ($4599). It is comprised of a highly sensitive Kapton film isodynamic planar tweeter and two 3" low-mass, fabric midrange domes in a D'Apollito alignment. Two treated paper 6.5" woofers do all the low frequency work in the Victory. In the new Total Victory, the 6.5" woofers are relieved of the lowest registers, those duties being handled by four 8" woofers per cabinet. The result? One tremendously detailed and lifelike speaker with some serious SLAM!

Manley Labs electronics were fronted with both digital and analog, which was routed to the Steelhead phono preamplifier ($7200). All signals were then routed to the Wave 24/96 DAC/Preamp Combo ($7500). The Wave fed the new 100 Wpc Manley Snapper monoblocks ($4250/pair). The Snapper is a fully balanced, ultra-linear amplifier utilizing a true 19 section output transformer that took over 3 months and 18 prototypes to develop. I can say that the results were worth it. Israel was kind enough to put on a couple of old standards, James Newton Howard & Friends [Sheffield Lab 23] and John Klemmer's Touch [MFSL 1-006]. I have heard both of these records on literally hundreds of systems over the years, and I know them intimately. Though I will apologize for the titles, I will not apologize for the sonics. The Grand Victory/Manley combination was superb. Outrageous bloom, excellent resolve and blinding transients.


Enjoy The Music
CES 2002
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Also in the Manley Labs room is the Coincident Speaker Technology model Total Victory ($11,500) nine-driver loudspeaker. There are four 8"heavy-duty paper treated woofers, two 6.5" midbass drivers, two 3"fabric dome midrange and a single Isodynamic planar ribbon tweeter. Frequency response is rated from 26Hz to 40kHz with a high 97 dB/w/m sensitivity (10 ohm load). This is a very low wattage triode friendly design! Seen to the right is the 100-watt monoblock Manley Labs Snapper amplifier ($4,250 per pair) that uses four EL34 output tubes.

Enjoy The Music
Home Entertainment 2001 Show
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In the Coincident Speaker Technology room I had an interesting chat with Israel Blume, who apparently didn't recognize me from the Montreal show, and didn't notice my press pass. This fine line of speakers is gradually moving up the food chain. I heard very nice music from their14 ohm Total Eclipse model that replaces the Millennium at $8,000. Shown in silent display was their Victory model for $4,599 with 97dB efficiency and 14 ohm impedance. Talk about tube friendly? Check them out for some reasonably priced cables,too.


Stereophile
Oct/2001
Home Entertainment 2001 Show
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Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology demonstrated his new flagship loudspeaker, the Total Eclipse ($7999), which proved warm, dynamic, and ultra- efficient (94db). Employing a first order crossover network, a D'Appolito driver configuration on a slender front baffle, and mirror-imaged, side-firing 10" woofers, the Total Eclipse provided a warm, relaxed presentation with enormous impact.


The $ensible $ound
Issue 87
Home Entertainment 2001 Show
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Coincident Speaker Technology - Coincident of Canada is an old friend for me-I reviewed their Troubador Grand several years ago and was interested to see that their line is now based on very different technology. But it turns out that it's basically a new way to achieve the same goal: the old speakers used coaxial drivers for time alignment; the new ones use a D'Appolito arrangement. They were showing the $8,000 Total Eclipse, which includes two 10" woofers mounted on the side of the cabinet, two 6.5" midranges in a D'Appolito arrangement at the top of the front panel around the 1" Scanspeak Revelator tweeter. Putting the woofers on the side allows the cabinet to be thin (9"), which somewhat disguises the bulk of its height (52") and depth (22"). Sound was very good: tight bass, lots of presence, very dynamic, very natural sounding. This was the best sound so far, but very expensive.

Designer Israel Blume suggested that the $3,000 Partial Eclipse, a smaller version with only one woofer and one midrange driver, would produce a similiar sound at a more $ensible price. For those with a different taste, Coincident also makes the UHS series of ultra high sensitivity speakers designed for single -ended triode tube amps.


Home Entertainment 2001 (Stereophile show)
Best in Show
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Robert Deutsch: In any case, the following were some of my favorites:

Coincident Speaker Technology/Aero: Coincident's room was next to the one that Stereophile Guide to Home Theater editor Tom Norton and I shared, and sometime around 5am of HE 2001's first day I was awakened by
music from next door . (Tom's sleep was protected by his trusty earplugs.) I was annoyed by having my sleep disturbed, but couldn't help noticing that the music actually sounded very nice. The main speaker being demoed was the flagship Total Eclipse, which sounded even better when I listened to it in the Coincident room.


The Absolute Sound
from Beautiful Gear-Photo essay
Coverage of the Home Entertainment 2001 Show
August/September 2001-issue 131

Also: Read the online comments of Paul Bolin on the Coincident/Manley display at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show!













Stereophile
CES 2001 Show Report
Loudspeakers under $4000/pr
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I saw two trends in this humble price range. First, it is the rare manufacturer that is not expeditiously tailoring its line to the needs of home theater and multichannel, even if that firm's full-range speakers are suitable for two-channel music. Second, there is a continuing trickle-down of advanced technology from the top-of-the-line models into this highly competetive midprice market. Stalwarts like Coincident ...showed models representative of both trends.

Shown: Coincidents's Israel Blume attends to his Partial Eclipse, with the Total Eclipse standing tall next to it.


Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
CES 2001 Show Report
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Earlier we showed you the Manley Neo-Classic 300B amplifiers. Shown at right, is a complete system context. Included in the shot are the Coincident Total Eclipse and Eclipse loudspeakers, the new Manley Steelhead phono stage (1mm, 2mc inputs and fully tweakable to get the last bit of performance from your cartridge) and the Manley Wave DAC/preamplifier.






SoundStage!
CES 2001 Show Report
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Coincident Speaker Technology Played the Total Eclipse (left, $7999 per pair, and Partial Eclipse ($2995. per pair), at various times in its room.








Enjoy the Music
CES 2001 Show Report
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In the Manley Labs room were the wonderful Coincident Speaker Technology Total Eclipse ($7,999, leftmost loudspeaker) and Partial Eclipse ($2,999). The Total Eclipse is 94 dB/w/m sensitive and presents a mere 14 ohm load so tube heads will love it! Frequency response is 24 Hz to 30 kHz. The Partial Eclipse is 91 dB/w/ sensitive with a flat 8 ohm load. Frequency is 30 Hz to 22 kHz. The tweeter and midrange drivers are completely sealed within their own compartment. The side-firing woofers help to reduce the front width of the cabinet to enhance the imaging capabilities.







Enjoy the Music
CES 2000 Show Report
Jan 5 - 9, 2000
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The Best Sound from a Fleaweight Amp was to be found in the Manley Laboratories room. EveAnna Manley put together a knockout system, centered around the Manley 300B Retro amps, and a pair of Coincident Technology Eclipse loudspeakers from Israel Blume. Coincident is a Canadian company that is new to me, although they have been in business since 1988. This system simultaneously produced slam and delicacy, with nearly perfect tonal balance, outstanding transient response, and excellent harmonic structure. This was one of the systems that I most wanted to take home and play with. The beautiful Stingray integrated amp was in the room, but not playing when I was there. (It's certainly a major contender for an incredibly musical second system.) But where, oh where, EveAnna, was the lava lamp?? Are you so busy with the day-to-day operations of the company that you're starting to forget what's really important? Snap out of it!!







Enjoy the Music
Hi-Fi '99 Chicago
May 12 - 16, 1999
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The guys at Coincident Speaker Technology have been hard at work and  were showing their new Super Eclipse ($4,995 US shown here) speaker.  With a D'Appolito-type design, the 1" titanium tweeter is flanked above and below with a 5" polypropylene midrange (upgradeable to magnesium as shown here).  Two side-mounted 8" paper-treated cone woofers assist in the lower frequency reproduction. Frequency response is claimed as 28 Hz to 35kHz.  They were using the Manley Labs 18 watts 300B triode amplifier which were really putting out the sound power. Sensitivity of these speakers is 92 db/w/m with a easy-to-drive 14 ohm load. Single-ended tube lovers take note!
 

Soundstage
Hi-Fi '99 Chicago 
May 12 -16, 1999
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Coincident Speaker Technology's new Super Eclipse loudspeakers ($4,995/pair) had those sitting head-on wondering how the speakers delivered such deep and powerful bass with just 4" drivers.










Bound For Sound - 12/99
HiFi '99 Show Report
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Coincident Technology opened some eyes with the introduction of its Millennium loudspeaker in Las Vegas. The price for the Millennium is fairly steep however, in line with the cost of constructing a speaker of its sophistication, but steeper than many can afford. Israel Blume, sensitive to the plight of many audiophiles, introduced the new Eclipse($3995). With an impedance of 14 ohms and sensitivity of 92db,the Eclipse seems a sure match for many tube based systems. The speakers in Chicago were driven by Manley electronics. The major difference between the Eclipse and Millennium looks to be the efficiencies gained by using single cabinets for the mids and bass instead of the two with the Millennium. Detailing and dynamics were in absolute abundance, and the imaging was stunning in its precision.

Audiophilia
Room of the Day CES '99
Hosted by Coincident Speaker Technology and WireWorld.
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The Coincident Speaker Technology Millennium loudspeaker (US$6995.00), Manley 300B monoblock amplifiers (US$5300.00), California Audio Labs CL-25 CD player (US$2495.00) and Wireworld Gold Eclipse cables. Israel Blume, designer of the Milleniums, has a winner on his hands. The speakers have superb tonal qualities and play with amazing dynamics. The Millenniums made beautiful music (from within a magnificently finished cabinet) in great accord with the Manley monoblocks. This seems to be a marriage made in audio heaven. The CAL CD player and Wireword cable helped things along nicely. Congratulations to all concerned. 

Positive Feedback
CES '99 Show Report #1
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The Wireworld room was of course featuring the Gold Eclipse III and the Comparator. I have frequently been impressed by systems wired with Wireworld wire. This system included the $6,995/pair Millennium speaker from Coincident Speaker Technology which has a nominal impedance of 14 ohms (with a minimum of 10 ohms and a maximum of 16 ohms), a sensitivity of 92 dB, and a frequency response of 28 Hz to 35 kHz. Here is a speaker ready for the 7 watt SET and the low powered OTL amps. It was powered by a pair of the Manley SE/PP 300B "Retro" triode mono blocks which can be switched back and forth from paralleled single ended to push-pull while the music is playing. They also have adjustable negative feedback. The DAC was a CAL Alpha with tubed output, and the overall sound of the system seemed very good, very immediate, and had good bass. Unfortunately there was quite a large and noisy crowd in the room, so I didn't get the best listen, and time ran out before I made it back for another try.
  

Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity
CES '99 Show Report
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Attention tube lovers! Israel Blume, the ambitious and very talented designer of the Coincident Speaker Technology line, took advantage of CES '99 to debut a speaker system with YOU in mind.  The new Eclipse, shown on the right, is a direct descendent of their flagship Millennium loudspeaker, but it checks in at a price tag of just $3,995/pair, in a gorgeous Cherrywood veneer. Imagine the wild tube audio thoughts running through my head when Israel informed me that the Eclipse has an impedance of 14 Ohms and is 92 dB efficient! (Tube amplifiers love high impedance, high efficiency speakers.) Frequency response reaches all the way down to 28 Hz by using dual, side-mounted 8" long-throw woofers. Folks, I heard these speakers driven by the 18 wpc Manley 300B amps with the new Cal Audio Labs CL-20 CD player at the source, and the sound was stunning. It was more powerful and dynamic, yet so sweet and open sounding, than it had any right to be. And get this -- they weren't even fully broken in yet! A shipping error had delayed their arrival at CES, and Israel had just set them up a few hours before I arrived. I must get to know this company because their entire lineup of speakers are designed to be compatible with low-to-modestly powered tube equipment (and they do just fine on solid state too, I've heard). Congrats to Israel on some of the finest sound I heard at the Show. 



 

Belgrade, Yugoslavia October 23-25, 1998
First Yugoslavian Audio Exhibit
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Sretenovic, the distributor of Coincident Speaker Technology, was awarded room of the show for overall excellence of sound at the First Yugoslavian Audio Exhibit. On display was the Coincident Conquests being driven by Cary SE 572 amps. 
 

Soundstage
CES '98 Standout Room Report
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Our writers pick their favorite rooms from CES '98
John Upton chooses:

Soundstage
WCES - Las Vegas - '98
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Canada's Coincident Speaker Technology and well-known OTL-amplifier manufacturer Atma-sphere shared a room.  This was an analog-only room, not a CD to be found. Israel Blume, president of Coincident, brought his new $2,495 Super Conquest full-range floorstanding speakers. Doug Schneider currently has these loudspeakers in for review.  Rather than mass loading the speaker, Blume chose to deal with resonances via cabinet design. Source components were a modified Empire turntable (circa late 60s), SME 5 tonearm and Grado cartridge. The preamp was Ralph Karsten's $3,800 Atma-sphere MP3, and amplifiers were Atma-sphere M60 MkII OTL monoblocks, also priced at $3,800 (per pair). 

Stereophile, April 1997
WCES - Las Vegas '97
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Another floorstanding speaker offering a lot for the dollar is the new Conquest ($1495) from Coincident Speaker Technology. These simple but attractive two-ways have a 92dB sensitivity so you single-ended guys can dig 'em. They sound great, with a deep, well-focused soundstage. Perhaps it's no coincidence that Coincident was using only vinyl in their room. 

The Absolute Sound
WCES - Las Vegas - '97
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Ralph Karsten demoed redesigned, retro Atma Sphere M-60 MK II OTL amps ($3290/pr.) with approximately one ohm output impedance. The system included Israel Blume's Coincident Conquest ($1495/pr.), Atma Sphere preamp and way more retro gear - an ancient Empire turntable with an SME V speakers arm and Benz cartridge. GREAT DEMO! 

Soundstage
"CONQUISTADOR"
FESTIVAL DU SON ET DE L'IMAGE '97
March 7-9, 1997 
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(DAS) Local Montreal high-end dealer Codell Audio had a great room centering on the Coincident Speaker Technolgy Conquest ($1995) driven by Golden Tube SE-40 amplifier, the Golden Tube SEP-1 preamp, and the Rotel 990 CD player. I recently gave the Conquest a very favourable review here on SoundStage! where I commented on the use of the Conquest with low powered amps. I'm overjoyed to say that, judging by the sound in the Codell room, my hunch that the Conquest would be a perfect match for an amp like the SE-40 was right. The sound was liquid and squeeky clean. An excellent setup that was surely some of the finest sound of the show. 

Soundstage, October 1996
Canadian Consumer Electronics Exposition 1996 Report
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Now, up to the second floor where I happened upon Israel Blume of Coincident Speaker Technology. As you may or may not be aware, I reviewed his new sub-$1000CDN loudspeaker called the Triumph (full review found elsewhere on Soundstage! and well worth checking out). The Triumph produces great sound that belies it's low-low asking price.. In this room Israel was showing the Triumph with a low-priced Jolida integrated tube amp and Alchemist Cd-player. This system produced a wonderfully detailed and smooth sound that had many shocked when they checked out the sticker prices. Israel was also showing a new design in the $3000 range called the Grand Master that uses their patented AWE (Assymetrical Wall Enclosure) construction. Previously, I had only seen Coincident's speakers in their basic black which is, well... black. I was shocked to see the quality of their optional veneer finishes- very, very sharp! Look for great things from this upstart Canadian company. I hauled home with a beautifully finished pair of their Troubadour loudspeakers for Soundstage! review. 

Stereophile, December 1996
Canadian Consumer's Electronics Exposition 1996
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At the much more modest price of $995 was the Triumph, from Coincident Speaker Technology. It's your basic two-way, with a first-order crossover and hardwood MDF cabinet. Set up in a system costing less than $3000 (NAD 514 CD player, JoLida integrated amp, WireWorld cables), the Triumph had a lively, attractive sound.