What to do?

I have a pair f magtechs and sanders 10d in a 12 x 16 room and am in heaven. Remember - room treatments can make a room bigger.

Hi Bob,

Tough one. Having had 2+2s myself for lots of years and in several locations, I know they like room to sound best. But good advice to try them first if you don't mind moving them.

My ex-Acoustat odyssey included a couple of pairs of early Sonus Faber stand-mounts that had good top to bottom coherence and didn't do anything aggravating. Still have the smaller ones but use Wilson Benesch Curves in my main system. Again, reasonably good top to bottom balance and never harsh or tiring. They're still not electrostats, though.

Have you considered the JansZen hybrids: JansZen Speakers? I haven't heard them but they do look interesting.

Why would you think that you'd have to get rid of your Sanders amp? I have a Spectron amp in a 10' x 12.5' room.

Chuck

Thanks all, I will follow advice and try my setup in the much smaller room with fingers crossed.

As far as selling the Sanders amp, should the electrostatic speakers not work I would sell the Magteck amplifier. I'm sure it would perform fine with other types of speakers but it is designed for electro stats and/or electro magnetic speakers. I've owned these acoustats for 10+ years and have tried several different amplifiers on them including higher powered tube amps. About three years ago I heard the Sanders amplifier on electro stats at CES and was quite amassed at the results. Sold the tube amp and bought the Sanders amp and again amassed at the results.

Back to the smaller room, should my existing system not work I am curious about a single driver speaker with a single ended amp. Like the acoustats there would be no cross over with a single driver handling the full range. Any thoughts, again thanks for all the imput. Bob

I don't have experience with single driver speakers, but no or minimal crossover is one thing that drove my search when replacing Acoustats. Definitely can have a positive effect, but implementation is everything.