Have you moved away from full range to standmount speakers + subs?


I want to know if you have been on a journey moving from a large full range speaker to a smaller one paired wit subs, maybe even four subs.


Maybe you moved away from the big speakers because you had too much bass or you got a better soundstage from the smaller speakers. Let me know what motivated you and if you think it’s better now.


My motivation for wanting to try smaller speakers.


I have the Tekton DI and until a month ago I was using a LM845P SET amp to drive them.

It only sounded good on simple jazz and vocals but on complex music everything was falling apart.

I am not playing loud but I think it was the low 2 ohm load in the midrange that made the LM break down.


I bought a used PS Audio BHK250 and pre and it was like getting new speakers. Never ever had it occurred to me that speaker and amp matching could have such a profound effect.


So I am enjoying my speakers now and listen to music I have avoided like the plague and enjoying it (:


But all of this got me thinking, what if I paired my LM845P with an easy to drive speaker and paired it with some subs?


Then the LM845 could do what it's best at, playing glorious midrange and the subs could play the bass.

So that's my motivation for trying smaller speakers.


I am also hoping that maybe I could get better and more even bass with 2 or 4 subs. Maybe a better soundstage because the small speakers have a very small baffle.

martin-andersen
shill/SHil/Learn to pronounceINFORMALNORTH AMERICANnoun
  1. an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others."I used to be a shill in a Reno gambling club"
verb 
  1. act or work as a shill."your husband in the crowd could shill for you"
Actually, Ted pretty much nailed it. Some conflation, for sure, but pretty much nailed it.

All the best,
Nonoise
Nobody paid the Pied Piper just the dopamine hit of the sycophants buying the same stuff….unheard

Ted - send me the switch, I can put it in a worthy reference system and write a fair review….


tomic601, I just looked at your reference system. let’s just say, you and I have a vastly different definition as to what constitutes ‘reference.’

Yours in music, Ted Denney III
Lead Designer and CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.
tomic601, I just looked at your reference system. let’s just say, you and I have a vastly different definition as to what constitutes ‘reference.’

Yours in music, Ted Denney III
Lead Designer and CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

Alright!  Now I know who not to do business with in the future.  You and MC deserve each other obviously. 
Who are you kidding? You Objectivist bullies who largely do not own high-performance high-end stereo systems are NOC.

Yours in music,
Ted Denney III
lead designer and CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.