Living Voice for Shindo?

A friend of mine has LV speakers (I think OBX's) as a 2nd speaker pair for a smaller room. He used to have a Montille as well and now uses them part time along with a Altec Valencia coupled with a 10W Cortese. His opinion, as far as I interpret his words, is that the 10-15W are OK but not optimal and the speakers need a little more power.

You might check out something like Audio Notes large E Model in HE (high efficiency) version. This speaker runs well even with 5W.

From my experience I can tell that such a combination with a slightly underpowered amp can make enjoyable and relaxed music but on the long run lacks ease, authority and finally musicality if directly compared with more easy to drive speaker.

I run my IBX R2's with a 24watt 300b amp. Living Voice suggests at least 20 tube watts. I never run my amp more than 1/3rd throttle in my 20 x 12 listening space. I don't think you'd be getting much out of your LV speakers with just 15watts, however.

Bshapperd,,

May I ask what amp you’re using?

"From my experience I can tell that such a combination with a slightly underpowered amp can make enjoyable and relaxed music but on the long run lacks ease, authority and finally musicality if directly compared with more easy to drive speaker." Xronx- very well said, and my thoughts exactly!

I'm using the Mastersound 300b PSE integrated amp. Four power tubes for a rated 24 watts.

I've exchanged emails with Living Voice and the least they recommend is 15 watts. They suggested the compact version of the 300b Mastersound or one of New Audio Frontiers offerings.