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Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!!

I am looking for speaker suggestions (new or used) in the $1000-$4000 range that sound good at low volume (45-50db).  I listen to mostly jazz and classical music late at night while everyone else is sleeping so the volume is low.  My current speakers are Vandy 2CE sigs and they sound good at higher volume levels but I listen most critically, at low volume and hope to do better.  My amp is a Classe CT-2300 with a Classe CP-800 preamp. I have a larger room 20ft X 20ft but seldom listen to music loud. Monitor of floor standing is fine.  

I understand the limitation of human hearing (Fletcher-Munson Curve) and also an appreciation of the synergy of speaker design, speaker placement and room effects.  Anyone out there have a speaker they like at low volume?

Thank you in advance.


128x1282tuby
andy2
1,555 posts
 
Although one has to define what it means "to sound good at low volume", but in term of speaker design, if you want you make your speakers sound "good" at low volume, you want a slight lift at the mid range and upper mid range frequencies, but then it would compromise high level volume listening.

One the other hands, if a speaker frequency response is relatively flat, it needs a bit of volume level for it to come alive.
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leemaze
330 posts
 
+1 wolf_garcia, Gardnrbob.

The Schiit Loki EQ box is the answer. Seriously you don’t need new speakers.

Just put this magic box in the loop, play with the knobs for a few minutes, and listen to the 3D soundstage emerge from your system at low volumes.

No joke. You can really “set and forget it”. I found a setting I like and have had almost zero desire to continue tweaking. And it doesn’t introduce any noise/distortion. It’s wild. Game changer for me in my living room with my wife and baby sleeping up stairs. I don’t feel urge to turn it up or strain to hear the details.  

https://www.schiit.com/products/loki
t66supra
4 posts
 
Paradigm Persona speakers sound amazing at low volumes.  Highly recommended.
simna
165 posts
 
I tried Loki with my ATC SCM19. It worked so-so. Compared to my Tannoy Legacy Eaton it was nothing good.
Loki lives in the closet now.
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