unsound typically relates a valid point regarding how good the 3.5’s are. My listening room was 24 long by 14 wide with a ceiling sloping from 9 to 17 feet. On the left is a wall, on the right the wall is 14 feet away.
Tough room to tame.
As I’ve related before my listening level is, 90% of the time, conservative. My amps were almost all uniformly 150/8 ohms, 300/4ohms - IMHO quite sufficient for my needs. (Pass Labs, B A T., ARC, to name a few.) Good stuff.
With just a little bit of cable swapping and very minor positioning the 3.5’s had no issues putting out excellent sound. I always employed the EQ. They were designed to use them so who was I to quibble?
The only other speakers I’d owned that managed the same effect were Maggies - albeit with a lot more fussing and sacrificing the low end.
Financial setbacks and and a whole lotta other shite conspired against me in 2018, forcing me to sell off all my equipment. I’m now listening with a Bluesound integrated through Meadowlark Kestrels - it ain’t bad considering my budget.
When my circumstances improve I am going to reconfigure from the ground up. First order will be finding a pair of 3.5’s, having Coherent Source bring ‘em up to snuff, then look for amplification. This will easily exceed the basic cost of a used pair of 3.5’s, but my previous statements that Thiels are an investment, not just a purchase, holds truer for me now than ever before. And I won’t get as crazy with the whole equipment thing this time around, either.
This forum is still impressive - 6000+ posts and nary anything negative. Bravo.
