Thanks everyone for your suggestions this gives me much to work on to try to hear all these speakers. I'm not in a hurry, the Josephs are great speakers, so I can do a thorough job of auditiioning these.
Suggestions for high efficiency speakers?
I attended the Capital Audiofest and thought the Audio Note room had the best sound to my ears. Another attendee from Florida had a copy of "A Night in Tunisia" and it sounded like you were sitting in Art Blakey's chair with his drums right there in front of you. I want that palpability, that "you are there" sound I think low watt amps and high efficiency speakers deliver better than any other combination.
A couple years ago I heard the DeVore 96s at the same show and loved their sound, anyone know of other speakers that give the same sensations?
My system is a SOTA Sapphire w Sumiko MMT and Zu-modified Denon 103 into an Art Audio Vinyl One phono pre into a Lamm LL2 Deluxe pre into an Art Audio Jota SET power amp and into Joseph RM25 sigs.
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Given how much you enjoyed the Audio Note room at the Capital Audio Fest, I would suggest, of course, Audio Note speakers, DeVore 93 or 96, Charney Companion , Pure Audio Project, SoundKaos Wave 40, and maybe the Volti Rival. While I like the Horning mentioned above, it is on the leaner side which is just the opposite of the ultra warm and rich Audio Note and DeVore sound. Likewise, I would think a Zu speaker would be less to your liking. But, you never know until you hear it, so by all means find a way to audition as many candidates as you can.
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I love the Horning Hybrid Zeus and Wolf von Langa SON in that budget range. Profoundly great loudspeakers. |
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