Careful auditioning is primary with matching amp and speakers. I fell in love with the Fyne 702, powered by an esoteric f03 class a 30 wpc. The esoteric was not in my budget to I tried the less costly a/b amps in the series, but the synergy was lost. Bit the bullet and bought the demo, and ordered the 702. Hooked the amp to my paradigms and it was awful. The low powered amp could not drive the smallish bass units. So the esoteric sat for 6 months while my speakers were having drinks in Glasgow waiting for a shipping container. The paradigms and the Fynes have the same db and ohm specifications, yet totally different results.
love the Fynes. Have never heard the high end klipsch models. The lower end models are frequent sellers on the swap markets
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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