No love for Legacy Audio

Have Signature SE's in an open floor plan but the main listening area is 22 x 15 x 9 or so. They were my favorites among a selection of speakers costing more than two times as much. I needed a speaker that could be very near a rear wall so ported speakers were not ideal. Drive them with a Prima Luna HP Dialogue integrated amp.  They are quite efficient at 92 dB and the two 10" woofers supply a wonderful presence to music that dips into the low frequencies. Hard to find a place to listen to them but worth the journey as they offer excellent value, competing with much more expensive speakers. 

I am driving my signature se with parasound a21+ for LF and Rouge ST100 Dark for the HF with a Don Sachs 2 preamp. I think they sound exceptional in my 21x17x8 room. I think I mentioned in earlier post that I could not imagine a 9k per pair sounding better in my environment. Soundstage, separation of instruments, clarity - basically all the characteristics I enjoy the most are all there. They are fairly large but I did not think too much so. I traded a pair of Polk Legend 600 which is the second best speaker I have owned. So, my experience level is nowhere near most that post on this forum but I liked the polks a lot and the Legacy’s even more. Someday maybe I’ll be fortunate enough to hear some of the other high enders that I hear about but until then the Legacy’s will stay put. By the way, I have heard some Focal floorstanders, Martin Logan 60xti, Goldenear and a couple others so I’m not totally in the dark. I also plan to attend Axpona so hopefully I can hear some other very good ones there. 
 

I have a friend with Legacy Signature SE. They really fill his room with rich, airy sound. Those were the speakers that reignited my interest in the hobby six years ago. They still sound great. I love my Tektons, but still enjoy his awesome system. Good synergy in his room. He runs them with a 15k McIntosh integrated, VPI Prime and Soundsmith Paua cart. Magnificent. Sounds almost as good as my room.

Well, I have a pair of Focus SE’s in my main system driven by Plinius amps and a Holo Audio DAC and I can tell you my system sounds amazing. I also have a pair of Signature III’s in my second system paired with an integrated tube amp and it sounds great as well. I don’t really care what anyone else thinks. To me the Legacy’s are special, especially when paired with high quality amps. No subs required! 

I have the Calibre XD’S and am really happy. I bought the passive version originally and was running them with a Rogue Cronus Magnum. At 90.5 db and 100 wpc they sounded really good, but Bill Dudelston told me they liked a lot of power and said they would have a lot more/better bass and presence with the XD amps. I took his advice and man was he right. I upgraded them to XD’S and have the bass powered by the 750 wpc ICE amps and the mids/highs by the Rogue. Very impressive presence, slam, air and and soundstage. I listen to a lot of jazz and they really do a great job with that genre. If you want to rock out they can with authority. Drawbacks? Sure, I have to take some metal candleholders off the walls because they rattle too much when I crank the Calibres and my wife has accused me of violating her noise ordinance a few times. I had a guy do a master set with them and it did wonders for the imaging and soundstage. They sound spacious and smooth at moderate volumes as well. Future plans are a Wavelet and if possible, Aeris or Focus XD in a few years.

I’m a Legacy fan.