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.
I really like the Charney Companions too. I've heard them with Voxativ and AER drivers. I like the AER drivers a little bit more better extension of the treble range), but, in any case, these are incredibly good speakers for the money and are very efficient. I think that efficiency is important because many of the best sounding amps are quite low in output. I think you have a terrific speaker. |
Congrats @fosolitude Are you still running a subwoofer? |
aberyclark, I am using a sub but it doesn't blend very well. The speakers' bass response rolls off around 40Hz but is still hearable at 30Hz. I tried using the sub to support bass from 40Hz and down but I couldn't get it to integrate well. I settled on using a small amount of sub from 40Hz down to 30 and more substantial sub below that. My Velodyne DD15 shows a roll off from 40Hz down to 30 and then a horizontal line from there below. Despite the 40Hz rolloff mentioned above, the speakers without the sub give very clear bass down to about 30 so it still sounds good. |
