I have historically preferred high end 2 way standmount speakers. They disappear in the room, throw a big soundstage, and offer high value IMHO. For the type of music I listen to, a lower frequency of 40 Hz is all I require. The Fritz Carrera caught my attention roughly 3-4 months ago based on highly positive reviews by attendees at an audio show ( Capital Audio Fest I believe), and it’s solid base extension to 35-40 Hz. That they are sold direct by the manufacturer with very high quality parts and the offering of a home audition before committal, and learning that they have a smooth/benign impedance curve that allows for lower wattage tube amplification, only heightens my interest. Yes, with stands they are almost double the cost of new Heresy IIIs, BUT they are less than half the cost of the Joseph Audio Pulsar — a similar highly desirable speaker that also has a SEAS driver, similar frequency response and benign/smooth impedance.
I had wondered when you might weigh in Wolf haha. As I mentioned above, my critique of the Heresy was premature. The stock Chinese tubes that came with the Coincident Dynamo 34 SE mk2 are casting a somewhat bright sound with these speakers I think, and that is something I can modify to suit my taste. One of the reasons I wanted to try a tube amp in the first place. My system currently lacks the warm lush saturated midrange that I heard in the late 70s-early 80s at a dedicated audio store in Rapid City that unfortunately ceased to exist many moon ago. There I heard large Klipsch speakers being driven by Mcintosh tube gear playing Sheffield Track records — a very memorable sound. If I can create that midrange of yore with my current system, I can live with the 58 Hz extension— or buckle and get a small 8” subwoofer.
By the way, I like the fat/squatty profile of the Heresy — and it was another reason I chose it: I don’t have to worry about my dog or a future grandchild knocking it over.
I had wondered when you might weigh in Wolf haha. As I mentioned above, my critique of the Heresy was premature. The stock Chinese tubes that came with the Coincident Dynamo 34 SE mk2 are casting a somewhat bright sound with these speakers I think, and that is something I can modify to suit my taste. One of the reasons I wanted to try a tube amp in the first place. My system currently lacks the warm lush saturated midrange that I heard in the late 70s-early 80s at a dedicated audio store in Rapid City that unfortunately ceased to exist many moon ago. There I heard large Klipsch speakers being driven by Mcintosh tube gear playing Sheffield Track records — a very memorable sound. If I can create that midrange of yore with my current system, I can live with the 58 Hz extension— or buckle and get a small 8” subwoofer.
By the way, I like the fat/squatty profile of the Heresy — and it was another reason I chose it: I don’t have to worry about my dog or a future grandchild knocking it over.