Survey:What Speakers Do You Want To Demo in Store?

Dali, Magico, Egglestonworks, Bryston.

Great question. Perhaps there are some potential dealers reading this. Around Boston, it's hard to hear Evolution Acoustics, Tannoy, Avant Guarde, and Eggleston. Those would be very welcome. The problem is that there are just so many brands and so few dealers. At least many other speakers can be auditioned around here. Turntables, tonearms and cartridges are another matter entirely.

Tannoy, Gallo, Pioneer (Andrew Jones-designed), MBL, Tekton, KEF, Salk, Magnepan, Golden Ear, and Avant Garde. This would give one a wide range of prices and design briefs...

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IMO, Zd542 and Peter make very fair points. Auditioning speakers, indeed most gear, is a daunting task. As Zd ... says - equipment set-up is key, especially when looking to compare speakers. And the reverse is also true. And what about electrical compatibility between speakers and amps.

Peter's point is also very valid. So many speaker brands and so few B&M stores.

I am probably going to stick with what I have right now, except for tweaks. But, ... I am curious about how different speakers would work with my system. Frankly, I haven't a clue where to start or how to ascertain whether a particular speaker of interest would even work well with my gear, which is all tube.

For example, two speaker brands that I have in mind supposedly work best when driven by a high current SS amp. Will a 150 wpc tube amp have enough juice?? How can I possibly know unless I do a live audition at a store that is set up to drive the speakers with a tube amp like mine.

It should only be that these are the worst problems we have. Amen.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Bruce

Bruce, I would think that a 150 wpc tube amp would be quite sufficient. Audiogon member "dopogue" uses an EL34 (I *think*) tube amp to drive his Gallo speakers to *very* satisfactory levels.

One thing though, his amp is a custom-built jobbie with massive transformers. This gives him ample current supply, a must, IMHO, for getting good bass from your speakers.

You might want to ping Dave (dopogue) and get his thoughts...

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