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Two Canadians and a Dane walk into a bar.... (bookshelf advice)

Sorry about the intro, but I have gotten the itch to upgrade my current Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo One bookshelf speakers. Current amp is a 40w Jolida 202A with upgraded tubes and the room is small - 13’x11’. My music is everything from Jack White to Miles Davis.

Years ago I sampled many budget bookshelf models and was drawn to the laid back sound of the soft dome tweeters used in my AE’s.

This time around I am considering the Totem Sky, Dynaudio Special Forty and Reference 3A De Capo. I have not heard the BE - Beryllium tweeters used in the Reference 3A’s.

There is a large range in efficiency between the De Capos and the Forties. How much should these numbers factor into my decision?

Has anyone compared any of these side by side? Any other other recommendations?

I am also interested in the respective “little brother” speakers - Evoke 10 & 3A Dulcet. These more cost effective options may work well in this room size.


brinkmm
andy2
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With regard to the Fritz Carrera BE, it is claimed the xover does not have any capacitor or resistor. It is interesting to know how he can match the efficiency of the tweeter and the woofer. The BE dome is about 92 - 95dB whereas the woofer is around 87dB. Maybe he is using the woofer resistance as a resistor in series with the tweeter, but then it would be worse than using an external quality resistor for that. Having looking at the link, it does have a resistor http://web.archive.org/web/20110902214134/http:/arhifi.dk/store/product.php?id_product=22 .

Having a closer look to the Acoustic Reality xover, it does take a hit in term of efficiency.  At low frequencies, it robs some of the current that would be going to the woofer.  I have not listened to the speakers but I would guess it may not be as dynamic compared to a more conventional speakers using typical parallel xover.

Does anyone have a freq. of the speaker?
brinkmm OP
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The Fritz Carrera BE is roughly 2x the price of both Dulcet and the LSA-10. I’ll keep it on my list.

Anyone have thoughts on Ascend Acoustics Sierra models?
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b_limo
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How much are the Dulcets?  Is there only one version and it has a Beryllium tweeter, yes?
brinkmm OP
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I believe the Dulcets are $1799, same as LSA-10. The current Dulcet has a Beryllium tweeter, the previous version was soft dome.
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b_limo
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@andy2 , who claimed the Carrera doesn’t use a capacitor?  I’m almost certain it does.  You should e-mail Fritz and ask him a bit about his crossovers!  
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