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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@fosolitude yep. I am sure we met at CAF 2019. Avantgardes are a pain to setup. With the powered bass, you have a ton of flexibility in terms of DSP to get the bass just right and timed perfectly but by extension it is not speedy and super easy. Placement though is a breeze. For demo, when I have them setup here I have the left speaker tucked into a corner. Because of its directional nature they are easy to get into a room. Corners, windows. No problem. There are exceptions within the line though. There is a ported Uno, the Uno Fino, is actually quite difficult to place but that is more the exception rather than the rule. |
@psag , Thanks for the link. I wasn’t aware of the field coil option for that Musical Affairs model. Available as a 16 ohm load option, nice. I bet this speaker sounds fabulous! The vast variety of choices in High End audio is truly admirable. So many ways to make that Art Audio Jota SET amplifier literally sing!😊 Charles |
If you can find field coil speakers audition them.
We recently played around with the Horning speakers - excellent mid-range. That being said, just because you put a low wattage tube amp with them does not mean sonic beauty. The 845 and 45 tubes make a big difference that just any low powered tube amp.
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