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efficiant speaker with good bass?

I am looking for a pair of easy to drive speakers that have excellent bass response for rock music as well as good imaging. At the moment I have a pair of B&W CDM-1 NT's driven by a McIntosh 6450 integrated. I need a little more punch than what I have right now. I have had 2CE's, VR4jr's, Tylers, Meadowlarks & Triangles. I loved the VR4's the most & felt the Triangles had a simular sound to the B&W's but lacked the bass.
I need to stay around $1500 used & eventually want to try some of the low cost tubed integrateds in the 40-60 wpc range hence the reason for higher efficiancy speakers. I also want to switch back to a tower speaker.
fishwater
fishwater OP
178 posts
 
Also, I forgot to mention that I really enjoy my B&W's & would love to stay within the line but don't feel they are efficient enough for what I am trying to accomplish. At this time I don't feel like going for a monster SS amp, I am missing tubes & if I do switch from the Mac it would only be for a tube amp.
thorman
1,262 posts
 
How about a nice Vintage pair of Klipsch Forte 2 or Cornwalls...Maybe not quite as refined as some big $ speakers but all else is pretty darn good......
fishwater OP
178 posts
 
The horns I have heard & some of the Klipsch I have heard tend to be a bit too strident for me.
ontjesr
157 posts
 
Howdy Fish,
The only speaker that comes to mind that meets your larger size, easy to drive with excellent punch is Klipsch cornerhorns or belles, etc.
mrjstark
1,112 posts
 
Hi ! For $1500 you can try Zu Druids. They are very easy to drive ( 101 db - actually after my friend test them they were more like 98 db ) . We drove them with a $100 digital amp. at 10 watts per channel. No problem - it worked like a charm. The characteristics of Druides are : 10 inch. woofer with build in horn loaded supertweeter , very high efficiency , small foot print & and awesome cool look ( a specially in Ferrari red ). Very good in separating different dynamics. Excellent for ROCK.
Happy lisenig !!!
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