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Any normal size speakers that sound like Volti

I've had these early prototype Volti speakers I bought from Greg  8-10 years ago, but I  am set up in the living room with these large speakers . Family and friends always complain about the size, and I just ignore them.  Lately, my wife who agreed to the purchase has been grumbling about their size. 

I've been considering going to a more normal sized speaker, but want to keep most of Volti horn sound. I drag in my Joseph Audio RM25xl speakers and after a few days, I  drag the Volti's back in.

Using Atma-Sphere D amps and Mp3 preamp. Bricasti dac and Elrod cables. I stuck an old picture in systems so you get the idea of the scale. I will get new pictures later and finish system. 

I know it's unlikely, but maybe one of you can think of something. 

 

 

 

acman3
deep_333
1,458 posts
 

I’m waiting on some TAD Evolution one speakers to show up. They may be in this week.

The e1tx tad is one of the speakers I have.... You shouldn’t be having any WAF issues with it in a living room, unless your spouse is super picky, i.e., it is a good looking speaker to many eyes. However, a 300b is not gonna cut it for the Tad. I keep it on a luxman m900u, Technics r1000, etc. It doesn’t have to get crazy, but, you will need a higher caliber amp to do justice to it.

acman3 OP
4,270 posts
 

Agreed, but need to hear it with the Atma-Sphere amps to see exactly what I need. They are nice amps and 200w at 4 ohm.

If they don't work, move to something different. 

 

bjesien
1,312 posts
 

I'd consider dropping a pair of Verity Parsifal Anniversary speakers in there.

 

I'm in agreement those look great. Relationships and having to be heard and listened to can be challenging. I'd consider it great that you are both letting your voices be heard.

kennyc
1,543 posts
 

OP- Horn woofer are necessarily large to accommodate the longer bass wavelength.  The closest thing to your Volti is likely their smaller models which should get you similar treble and midrange, but the bass may not sound as effortless and/or extended.  Otherwise, your only other option is to try a different non-horn type of speaker or at least a non-horn bass.

The Rival may still be too WAF large, so maybe the Lucera or Razz might suffice.  Maybe add The Swarm small subwoofers if need more bass- seems fast enough as it reportedly mates well with Magnepan fast panel speakers 

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