No love for Legacy Audio

I owned Legacy Classics about 6-7 years ago and sold them to 'upgrade'. Big mistake! I think the Legacy speakers are great sounding, especially for the price. You don't see them ''used' very often as their owners tend to keep them. Just fine sounding speakers in my opinion.

@mikekollar agree with Mike, I live just north of LA and was in the market for a new system but had around a 10 to 12k budget for speakers and about another 5 to 8k for electronics. I spent several weeks auditioning multiple speakers with names you would all be familiar with and before I auditioned with legacy speakers I was deeply disappointed and even depressed at what I had to pay to get realistic sound pressure levels and bass that can slam. I’m a drummer and listen to mainly instrumental prog fusion and electronic and listening to speakers between 10 and 25k left me realizing I would need to invest in sub woofers and significant amplification to get the sounds where I needed it to be. My last stop was at a local Legacy dealer and when I first started the audition we played the signature SEs and I said those won’t do, please move to the Focus XDs and that was every thing I had been looking for without having to invest in electronics or sub woofers. I’m blown away at how these speaks can be driven at all volume levels and produce amazing sound pressure levels while presenting warm accurate sound stage and instrument reproduction. I’m in love with my system, Focus XDs with Wavlet 2 and MAC mini with Roon 

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Bill Dudleson was making a commit on one of his podcasts that when he first released the Signatures he gave them to a buddy that owned a recording studio. After a month or so Bill was talking to him and ask about the speakers. He was told "Their GREAT. But we need about 10 more db. for our usage". That is when Bill got to work designing the Focus SE's. What you say makes perfect sense. And I love mine ! 

Heard the Focus SE Speakers. They have ballsy grunt that remains clean. Nicely finished furniture grade speakers. Cabinets at one time were made by the Omish people in I think Indiana. DO NOT hold me to that. Then Legacy  moved to Macgungie, Pa where the cabinets were made by the Omish in Lancaster, Pa. They then moved back to their original manufacturing facility. The speakers are imposing to the eye and too proposing for my ear. One could be pleased with them if in a very large room if you have a large wallet. I always thought the Legacy Classic gave the most value.

I have a pair of first-generation Focus. Went to Sangamon to pick them up. Folks were super friendly. They are big and heavy. After trying to set them up in many rooms and with different amps I was about ready to give up. The bass was hard to get right. I was bi-amping with a Legacy amp (Coda) on the woofs and MFA 120C on the tops. I switched to Maggies then CAR T1.3, but recently hooked them up in a new room with a Pioneer SX-1250. WOW! Incredible sound. Right now they are being driven by a modern Pioneer home theatre receiver that I bought for like 100USD from ABC warehouse, and the room is an old cabin with a vaulted ceiling, sounds wonderful.