Mesch, received your note. Agon wont let me reply back without a CC which I wont do, as I don’t trust the security here after experiencing basic site errors I see periodically... Can’t complain for a no-cost site yet not sure I’ll keep my PII or CC info here, and I work in related industry fwiw.
SET / softer sound?
If you are looking for the softer sound by looking at SET amps, as you may know, you can also try speakers with different high / mid frequency drivers too fwiw.
For example, you can chat offline with member @hilde45, I heard his Ascend at his place, and he has the new V2s, 91db, 8ohm impedance. They are great with lower power 20-60w amps too, depending on room and listening distance. The freq response does not seem to drop below 5ohms, pretty flat, and for the $, I gotta say I cannot attempt to design, parts source, cabinets. and build a pair close to this for the $. I spoke to the owner of Ascend, I like how he thinks and makes incremental progress tweaks. Hilde’s also tested both pairs of Fritz with metal and soft domes too. Worth chatting with hilde oflfline, he’s been offline a while but still around.
You might also consider those new Ascend Sierras too at $3895/pair. For the $ I think they handily compete with some other speakers up to 2x the price. I recently went over to a friends house who bought my last pair of my custom speakers built for myself. They were designed to accomodate alloy or soft dome tweeters. He asked me to come over and swap from the aluminum back to the soft dome tweeters. We listened and compared and the tone and texture was nice with the soft domes. I modeled these after the older 2007 Proac Response 3s that were 8ohm with soft domes, lower 89db MTM configuration that I like most- and while efficiency is lower, still tube friendly like the Ascend Sierrra IIs are. I only bring this up because he’s played around quite bit with Fritz musical speakers too fwiw.
