Former Spica owners ... what did you trade up to ?

Cwoll, I think you'd like Green Mountain Audio Europas. They are like Spicas with a slightly more forward, detailed, less rolled off sound, firmer bass, much greater SPL and dynamic handling and ...... imaging that betters the spicas.

Like the Spicas they need very careful placement, but they really deliver once setup.

I enjoyed my Spica TC-60s for several years powerd by tube amps in a small room. They were incredible at imaging and disappearing...sweet sounding provided you kept your head in a vise and played small scale music through them. However, I cannot live by imaging alone.

I had them as a second system while I agonized over my Maggie 1.5s. After I sold my Maggies I temporarily moved them into the main room...ugh, they didn't go low enough or have the dynamic capability to handle the large scale classical music I mostly listen to.

I sold the Spicas to a good home - they're back in a second system...tube amps are still feeding them, they still image like crazy and they still sound great with small scale jazz and chamber ensembles.

I replaced the Spicas with Alon Vs, which gave me the bass and dynamics I had been looking for along with many of the virtues of my Maggies - transparent, unboxy, open and fast - plus they have a huge soundstage and wide sweetspot. They image quite well.

In my office sytem I now have Nola Minis, which are smaller than the Spicas but do sound terrific - just as sweet but more bass, more extended treble and *much* more dynamic.

Everybody's happy.

Mirage m1. But still have two pairs of spicas. My el cheapo trick for spicas llack of low end is to find a couple of larger Advents. Cut the wires to the Advent tweets, then wire the spica and Advent on each side in parallel. The Advents make decent stands for the spicas and the wood color matches. I changed the advent grille cloth to black. Now they look like they belong together. THe Advents have decent bass and there is no terrible bass peak since the spicas dont have bass. That said, my M1's are easily superior to the Spicas.

My friend owns Spica TC60s and they blend quite well with a Paradigm sub. They are still impressive speakers.

Rob

>> I'm currently awaiting delivery of a pair of Reynaud Offrandes

Absolutely remarkable speakers if you have the right room for them.