Samson Monitors, diff between resolv 80a's and rubicon's Options

[greeneye]

Hi, can anyone tell me the difference between the samson resolov 80a's and their next level rubicon series. There is hardly any word on them to be found on the web. This would be much appreciated as I'm a complete novice all I know is that the rubicons because they use 'ribbon' for their cones it means they do not colour the sound which I prefer. but as I say havn't gotta clue, thanks

[lepetitmartien]

Resolv 80 got a good review in Sound on Sound, but I've still to hear them…

Ribbons are especially good at fast transients, so you bring up more details, clearer image, smaller sweet spot though, on the ADAMs it's even "disturbing" the level of detail, fascinating monitors. Not to everyone taste though.

I'd really like to know more about the Samson/ribbons, as their position in the market could change things a lot. There's many "sounding like a bad hi-fi" monitors in the home-studio end of the market, and bring some quality would do this good. (in clear : lots of "I want to be a NS10 but I don't have the guts to sound as crap" and not enough "chirurgicallly flat and as unbiased as possible" -in the limits of price/technique)

There's a lot of new monitors around, it'd be good if every one could share his experiences.