No love for Legacy Audio

I owned the Legacy SEs for a few years. I loved the sound of the tweeter. It was very alive and natural. Gradually, I fell out of love. With acoustic music the imaging and center fill were just off and I couldn’t correct it with repositioning. I discovered this problem when my second cheaper system sounded way better with a new dac. In comparison the Legacies just could not deliver the realistic imaging and palpability from that better new dac that the mor modest system did.The bass also sounded wrong. It may have partly been a room issue, but I couldn’t fix it. I replaced them with kef references 1s.

I owned a pair of Signature SEs for a few years. I thought they would be my end game speaker. I was particularly impressed with their air motion tweeter and ability to be placed close to the wall due to their sealed enclosure. Over time they seemed to be missing something. For large speakers with two big woofers they seemed to be lacking in bass. Also the lower mid-range seemed to have a hole in it. I experimented  with placement but they sounded the same. I was driving them with a 400 watt McIntosh amp.

One day after owning them for 3 years or so, I pulled out my old Green Mountain Chromas from storage. These are stand mounted monitors

Much, much better in every respect but the tweeter. I sold the Signature SEs. Eventually I bought Kef Reference 1s and used the Chromas in another system. I wondered what I was thinking when I bought them. I wanted to like them