Speakers for Atma Sphere M60 mk3


Hi! I'm thinking about tubes.... an Atma Sphere M60 mk3 maybe... (Its within my budget)

What kind of speakers are they able to drive to decent levels (classical, jazz)?

Today I have a pair of SF Elipsas SE. I think they could be too much for the M60.

I'm just curious, what are you using with the M60? What do you recommend?

Room is 26 x 14 ft ceiling is about 9

Thanks!

 

 

fredag

As I understand is the 4 ohm Elipsas not a good match....

Keep the Elipsas and go with AR or sell them and get the 60s and 8+ ohm speakers....

Speaker suggestions for the M60 are welcome!

Thanks!

 Devore's play well with Atma-sphere. The Gibbon series are 8ohm with a pretty benign load. 

Just about any speaker that has a flat impedance of at least 8 ohms or preferably 10-12 ohms to work best. Not many speakers have that type of impedance curve but look for a speaker that uses the PHY driver. 

If you like the Maggie sound (planar-magnetic drivers), but know that their 4 ohm-and-below impedance characteristic and very low sensitivity rules out the mighty-fine M60, there is an alternative: the Eminent Technolgy LFT-8b. 8 ohms full range, 11 ohms for the m-p drivers themselves (the 8b includes a sealed box 8" dynamic woofer) if bi-amped (two pair of binding posts are provided). Under $3,000/pr, another grand or so for the LFT-8c, which uses dipole woofers in place of the -8b's standard monopoles (as well as a different crossover and DSP bass management.

Very well reviewed in the UK mags, as well as by Robert E. Greene in TAS. VPI's Harry Weisfeld described the 8b as possessing the best midrange of any loudspeaker he has ever heard. Yet the ET LFT-8b continues to be ignored by the vast majority of audiophiles. ???!!!