Got my demo! The used Wharfedale Opus 2-M2 Bookshelf (big bookshelf speakers!) arrived, and I have them running in my room. I thought I would beef up the low end of the 8" woofer a tad bit by running the sub section of the Aspen Acoustics Lagrange L1 preproduction version with them! Splendid! Very pleased to now have this additional flavor in the mix. The 3" soft dome mid will be fun tow work with in various systems. I consider it a successful whim/flight of fancy.
What’s terrific about the 2-M2 is that they are bi-wirable. I am running four channels of the i.V4 Ultra Amp on them currently. Very nice. Next test will be to change the cable config to Schroeder Method of IC Placement going to two channels and bi-wiring. That will give a different flavor. My coup de grace may be four channels with doubled up bi-wired Iconoclast speaker cables. Imagine, 8 speaker cables running to two bookshelf speakers! I know this would juice their performance substantially. I did similar with the King Sound King Tower omni, and it was great! Doubling the speaker cable conductor is a sure fire way to enhance. Thankfully, these are beefy bookshelf speakers, otherwise the sheer weight of the cables could pull pissy little monitors off the stands!
I am glad to have the 2-M2 back in the room. It’s a sizable enough bookshelf to make it worth having. The sound is reminiscent of ATC or PMC - of course at a fraction of the cost. That was my goal, to get the 3" dome mid for kicks. Since they run from 700Hz-3kHz I will be able to assess the advantage of their not having a crossover in the mid region.
Good fun. They are pretty ugly performers for contemporary, poor recordings, as they get messy with compressed music at higher levels, but they sound quite nice with vocals and quieter instrumentals. Once the double biwire is in, though, that could improve markedly. It will be fun to compare them to the refurbished Ohm Walsh Model F.
