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tube friendly speaker rec

loooking for suggestions for tube friendly monitors.
using a prima luna dialogue one with quad 22L speakers, at moderate levels sound ok but seem to lose focus as they get louder which makes me think they are a little power hungry.
have around $2000 budget. tinking about triangle comete but afraid they may be too bright,while merlins are out of my price range.do not know if totem or dynaudio work well
with tubes and was wondering about the new GMA Eos.
any thoughts appreciated
panu21
panu21 OP
82 posts
 
interested in the compact hemps but would rather not get involved witha subwoofer. how is the bass? any issues with brightness?
have narrowed it down to the omega or the gma eos but waiting for some feed back on the gma's
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rodge827
619 posts
 
The Omegas are very revieling to what is given them. If a recording is hot it will sound hot if the recording is right the Omegas sound very right. The Deep Hemp sub mates perfectly well with the Compact Hemps. Each are 8" and made from the same material, the sub is very fast and keeps up with the Compact perfectly well. Check out the Omega site as well as the forum over on the Audio Circles. You will get some good insight into Omegas there.
Good Luck
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nrenter
766 posts
 
I bet the GMA Eos would be killer. If you go that direction, post your thoughts.
mrjstark
1,112 posts
 
Omegas are made for SET amps IMO.
They can sound bright with some components
so, system matching & synergy is crucial.
Bass is locking with smaller models and pairing them with
quality sub ( like their own or Rel or ML ) is a must.
Personally, I really like Omegas and they are not such a bad value ether.

Good luck
musicfile
341 posts
 
Tonian Acoustics Speakers sound very good with Tubes ..they sound equally as good with ss as well
Check out there link www.Tonianacoustics.com
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