Thoughts on Legacy Whisper Speakers

Thanks Ljgj, you have quite a reference list to compare them to. I like them because I am a midrange listener myself. Give me a speaker that's really sweet in the 300k-3000k or maybe even up to 6000k range and I'm happy.

Tireguy, will you help me move them up to the third floor?

Sincerely, I remain

I auditioned them at some length and was impressed at the
time. Ultimately I went with the Dunlavy Signiture 5(s) and
invited the manager of the store where I auditioned the
Whisper speakers. This was a somewhat difficult situation
for him in that the Dunlavy(s) blew the Whisper away in every possible way including the vaunted midrange for which
they are famous. Legacy Audio is a maverick in the
world of high-end audio. Please do yourself a favor and
find a way to do an 'apples-to-apples' coparison with
some of the speakers that have had to hold-up to world-
class competition. The manager of the store sadly agreed
to this oppinion by evening's end.

All Legacy speakers sound best when driven with a S.S. high current amp, however tubes could be used also. I used my CJ Premier 11-A tube amp (70 watts) with great success. Sounded as good if not better than with my S.S. high current amp. If it's a good price, I personally don't think you could go wrong with the Wisper. Some would also tell you, I'm also quite often clueless, but I beg to differ...I think :-).

I ultimately biamped mine with an EAR 534 on top and the Levinson 331 on the bottom with the Whisper box hooked to it via a Mcintosh C42 preamp - I later switched the Levinson to a Mcintosh 352 which had a smoother sound in my opnion.

I think they suck
I auditioned dozens of speakers in the 10-20K range
and the Whispers were very unrefined in the bass and mid bass regions
They were OK for big home theater but they were awful with two channel music
BTW I ended up with the Von Schweikert VR7's