Has anyone listened to Legacy speakers?

Jmcgrogan2

I listen to jazz on my focus 20/20's, when I said Legacys rock, I was using the meaning, they are awesome.

I am a proffesional saxophone player, and love great music, old jazz, modern jazz, R&B, blues, funk, you name it. I also love to hear ballads.

At least in my setup, my focus 20/20's make beautiful music. I actually find them to be specially good at smooth jazz recordings. Modern recordings sound rediculous, while even bad recordings arent to bad. I for one feel the opposite then some on here. A expensive speaker should make all music sound its best, not just good recordings. Ive owned these types of speakers, and I just dont get why anyone would only want to get good sound out of 5% of there collection. I also actually find my 20/20's to sound better with good recordings then every other speaker Ive owned besides maybe, and I stress maybe, the martin logan ascent i's I had. But without a sub, the legacys still destroy the ascent i's even with good recordings. (The logans sounded horrible with bad recordings and have terrible bass output, that also seams to have a little phase issue's.)

On top of everything, the focus 20/20's have been easy to place in 3 different rooms so far. My Logan Ascent i's would have taken forver, and no matter where they were placed there was always one area that was weak.

WHen my musical tastes started changing away from mostly rock, I went from the Legacy Focus20/20 to the Whispers. It was about midway through my my "Whisper Stage" (apx 18 mos.) that I also went from SS(McCormack DNA-500) to tube (VAC Phi 300.1) amplification, having always used a tubed preamp). I found that the tubes gradually made me search for even more resolution and better imaging as my musical preferences continued to broaden yet my expectations continued to rise.
I then got introduced to Von Schweickert speakers and now my speaker journey is over, at least for the forseeable future. I had to pay a LOT more money to get that extra performance I was after. I guess my point here is that the Whispers shouldn't be ignored by those wishing to upgrade from the Focus - they are also excellent speakers and better than most people realize. The weakest part during my ownership was the Steridian equalization box, but I believe that has been resolved by Legacy with a new 3rd-party piece. Hope this helps your decision-making.

P.S. - I still have my 20/20's - they are now being used as rear speakers for my home theater.

what you just explained is the major reason why legacy is a
good midrange speaker but can never be anything more for the Xover components IMO are at best average Solen capacitors is nothing to brag about = to a ford focus in a car, cabinets nothing special as to their design ,no magico, and the drivers average at best Eton ,the tweeter Noname brand probably Taiwan, a solid mid range perfomer Newer companys such as the Vapor Cirrus or Salk soundscape are far more refined with much better quality drivers and parts and still avoid the 50% dealers markup.I also keep this in mind when purchasing and great customer services I have both so know first hand and have been in audio for some 30 years and spent more than a home on Hifi.I have heard most everything out there and Only comment on what I have heard
first hand.

Audioman....you may want to listen to the current stuff coming from Legacy and your perspective may change.....drastically.....

Yes the Legacy's have really improved. Mr. Duddleston's work with the Xilica crossover is a game changer. Whisper, Helix, and the new Aeris, don't ave to apologize to anyone.