Thank's everyone for your support on this fun journey into LegacyLand. (jmcgrogan2) My listening area is my living room. It is 15 x 20 x 8.5. The speakers are set at an angle along the "long" wall. They are spaced 7 ft apart and the angled distance from the wall is: (measured at the corners of the front edges) 49 inches on the outside edge and 43 1/2 inches on the inside edge.
I listen to just about all kinds of music. I like to have the system going at all times. My front end is a Rega Planet and a Sonographe SG-3 table. I am indeed fortunate that my partner in all of this is my wife. She loves music and keeps me on my toes if something does not "sound" quite right. I am older than dirt, and was raised with tubes and "monophonic". Back to the Legacy's. The power required for them seems to be a fairly moot issue. The quality of that power is an issue. The 50 watt Kora (that my friend brought by) was just stunning in its performance when mated with the Legacy's. It is a Tube unit. I use (at this time) a very musical and semi-powerful amp that is very "tube-like" in sound. It is the B&K ST-1400 Series II. With my Classic's I had (at the time) a Sim 4070se and a McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe. I was not pleased with either of these amps with the Classics. The amps were, however, superb when mated with other speakers. I was very impressed with the Sims detail at "low" levels and the McCormack was sweet and open (albeit a bit dry). I would like to try an amp with these that is not longer made. It is a N.E.W. DCA-33. I have heard this amp on a few occasions and it is just superb in it's control of the low end. It is 33 watts but sounds like 330. I have heard it with a verity of speaker and it is very solid and musical in it's presentation. If anyone has any experiance already with the Legacy/N.E.W. combo, please let me know you thoughs on it.
Tubby
I listen to just about all kinds of music. I like to have the system going at all times. My front end is a Rega Planet and a Sonographe SG-3 table. I am indeed fortunate that my partner in all of this is my wife. She loves music and keeps me on my toes if something does not "sound" quite right. I am older than dirt, and was raised with tubes and "monophonic". Back to the Legacy's. The power required for them seems to be a fairly moot issue. The quality of that power is an issue. The 50 watt Kora (that my friend brought by) was just stunning in its performance when mated with the Legacy's. It is a Tube unit. I use (at this time) a very musical and semi-powerful amp that is very "tube-like" in sound. It is the B&K ST-1400 Series II. With my Classic's I had (at the time) a Sim 4070se and a McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe. I was not pleased with either of these amps with the Classics. The amps were, however, superb when mated with other speakers. I was very impressed with the Sims detail at "low" levels and the McCormack was sweet and open (albeit a bit dry). I would like to try an amp with these that is not longer made. It is a N.E.W. DCA-33. I have heard this amp on a few occasions and it is just superb in it's control of the low end. It is 33 watts but sounds like 330. I have heard it with a verity of speaker and it is very solid and musical in it's presentation. If anyone has any experiance already with the Legacy/N.E.W. combo, please let me know you thoughs on it.
Tubby
