DeVore O/93 or PureAudioProject Duet15 for a First Watt SIT-3?


Hi
What do you think would be better for a warm organic late night listening (classic music, opera and jazz)?
Stereophile reviewed the O/93 as a perfect pairing with SIT-3 (even is SIT-3 prefers low impedance speakers).
Duet15 seems to me more sensible (97db vs 93db) (and Steve Guttenberg think are top).
My current speakers are 4ohms / 87db Avalon Indra, absolute fantastic at their 80db listening kingdom.

Thanks

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Well going from what look to be Avalons to DeVores will certainly be an awakening. Completely different DNA. You have a problem with the placement of your speakers. They are far too close to each other. If you could bring them further into the room and put a greater distance between them this would help a great deal. Great looking room just not particularly audio friendly at this point. Something to consider is spending some time and a bit of money on the acoustics before changing speakers or any component. Room treatments are easy to make and there also exist a great many premade items. 

The position seems strange, but it is the result of a year of micro-movements of the speakers. If I increase the distance between them you can hear the music coming from one speaker, whereas this way there is more perspective fusion.
In the past I also had a MiniDSP, but then when I did the acoustic analysis it turned out that the Indra's performance is very linear and there are no holes or emphasis, so I removed the MiniDSP... 

I have the pure audio project duets only 3ft out from fr wall, they are great. Sidewall reflections less of problem also. I had Spatial Audio OB before this, like a gateway to OB. But Pure A P a cut above.

I heard the DeVore 0/96 speakers driven by an 8W 300B amp sounding great. I spent most of my time at the audio show listening to these finding them fun and entertaining. Certainly these can't be accused of 'got completely wrong'

Someone here with an agenda?

Your room appears to need some acoustic treatment.

Can we maybe just say we all like what we like? Some folks like narrow baffle speakers, some like wide and some like open baffles? It’s preference and not a contest folks!

And @ulul I find sensitive speakers in general to be good for lower level listening. I run Audio Note AN-J’s in an admittedly small room and rarely get above 70dbs using 3.5 watt 2a3 monoblocks.

I’ve heard and liked DeVore 0/96s in a friends system and their reference system at CAF. I’ve only heard PAP speakers at CAF and didn’t love them but take that with a grain of salt audio shows being what they are.