Prana Fidelity is a local Denver manufacturer. Not as sensitive as others mentioned but quite good. I love my Bhava’s and the new Dhara is even better. Happy to have you over for a listen. I’m in Centennial.
Steve York.
Devore or Audio Note or other sensitive speakers: wanting to listen in Denver
I'm on the hunt for a sensitive speakers to play really nicely with my Quicksilver Mono 60 amps. I've heard some nice Spatial X3's here in Denver thanks to a local audiophile. I was especially taken by their AMT tweeters.
If you're in the Denver area and have Devore, Audio Note, Zu, Tekton, or any other speaker which has really worked well for your tube amps, please DM me. I would be deeply grateful for even an hour of listening time. Thank you!
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agree that buying from smaller, newer, less established speaker makers can offer great performance and value, if also a downside if one wants to resell later other downside is that small shops started by a single person or a small group can decide to go out of business without warning, or discontinue their products in a change of direction for the company one needs to also assess how one gets service or parts (e,g. blown tweeter after amp hookup mishap, for instance) - many smaller makers use commercially available drivers etc etc, so that can help in some case for me, with such companies, i will generally try new ones at full price only on a risk free trial basis (or close to it)... whereas there is never such worry if getting a pair of well kept second hand harbeths, maggies, spendors, proacs, vandy's, klipsches there are always ready and willing buyers also, the risks may be at a tolerable level if dealing with a pair of $1200 standmounts... lil riskier if one goes for $12 grand pair of 100 lb floorstanders it is definitely a benefit to have the customer be in a local vicinity of the speaker maker... ability to demo, return, fix, help set up in customer home (if the maker is inclined) - so sometimes the risks of dealing with a small maker are mitigated by proximity other thing to understand is for a smaller, up and coming maker, in this time of internet boards and forums, what is the nature of the customer following and ’buzz’ around a brand, if it considered ’hot stuff’ in the present period (take denafrips and dacs or spatials in ob speakers), trading in and out can be fairly easy with minimal financial penalty |
Also, beware the small startup "flavor of the month, best thing ever, you must be stupid to not buy these too". The all-time saddest irony along these lines had to be the unfortunate naming of the former speaker company "Vapor Audio". Who knew?
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@jjss49 Wise, as usual. Thanks! @drugolf I've mapped it. 8+ hours but a lovely drive. Maybe. |
@charles1dad re Fyne- Can you point to the easy to drive 8 Ohm impedance? I can’t find any curve info except for the 501, which says 3 to 30 ohm with nominal 8. I’m thinking with a recommended amplifier minimum of 20 watts per channel, most are similar. I’ve never seen much on the impedance curve with Tannoy either and know most use medium wattage, but many are happy with SET amps too. I can see the impedance "challenge" with very high sensitivity rating could make for a really fun dynamic and powerful/explosive experience with the recommended amp rating. With less power I wonder if one might wonder about unleashing the beast in the speaker? Really cool looking designs and with Tannoy being a little lost in space these guys have found an attractive stage to perform on again. Is the high frequency driver in these two brands the same? Similar crossover at 1500? Tannoy has the tulip, Fyne has the isoflare. Kind of reminds me of that McDowell’s scene in Coming to America. "They have a sesame seed bun, our bun has no seeds..."
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