Flea Watt Amp: What Speakers Are. You Using With Yours? Recommendations

Subs obviate any low end grunt issues...12wpc of tube power plus 250 clean watts of sub grunt does the trick for me.

Tekton? I own the Lore's and they are pretty good, 98db. Kind of in your face sound though, from what I hear this is typical for high efficiency designs. 

Dave123456 wrote: " Kind of in your face sound though, from what I hear this is typical for high efficiency designs. "

"In your face sound" is not necessarily inherent to high efficiency, but often there is a tendency in that direction. Here are two possible reasons for it:

First, many if not most high efficiency speakers have a fairly narrow radiation pattern over much of the spectrum. This results in a greater direct-to-reverberant sound ratio than for most speakers. A relatively strong reverberant field tends to emphasize acoustic space (including soundstage depth) a bit more, while a relatively weak reverberant field often results in a more "up-front" presentation. (These are not the only things affected by radiation pattern width.)

Second, the efficiency of the bass section is essentially fixed once the woofer has been chosen and the box designed, but if high efficiency is a top priority, the designer can often opt for a bit of emphasis above the bass region and lower midrange. This does make the speakers sound (and measure) louder, but one side-effect is a tendency towards a more forward or "in your face" presentation.

Increasing the distance between you and the speakers may help.

Duke

I think that " fairly narrow radiation pattern over much of the spectrum" is a good thing.
Actually, if speakers have a narrow radiation pattern you listen what is actually recorded.
If speakers have a wide radiation pattern you hear more acoustic of your room.

Alexberger wrote: "I think that " fairly narrow radiation pattern over much of the spectrum" is a good thing."

Agreed!

"Actually, if speakers have a narrow radiation pattern you listen what is actually recorded. If speakers have a wide radiation pattern you hear more acoustic of your room."

The early reflections are the ones which tell us that we are in a small room, and a narrow radiation pattern is probably the best way to minimize them. But late reflections done right can convey a sense of being within the acoustic space on the recording, with little if any downside. So imo the ideal would be, minimize the early reflections but have plenty of late ones (easier said than done).

Duke