Everest dd 66000 speakers

I don't want misinformation out there. To further clarify, 66000 are great and I would not try to dampen enthusiasm over them. However, having had 66000 and 67000 same place, same equipment, A then B, it is a fact 67000 is not one of those small refinement upgrades. Room treatment would not make this difference. Direct sound is direct sound no matter what treatment you do.

One thing to keep in mind is that the 66000 can be forward, and depending on the amp, can be VERY forward and prominent in the highs. Some solid state amps will drive you out of the room. I found tubes worked much better.

The 67000 are a lot more forgiving, and solid state amps work much better now. And tubes still work great.

So, if you go 66000 be prepared to possibly need to find the amp that pleases you. Luckily, a stiff 50 to 100 watt tube amp can do the trick. As for the highish looking efficiency, don't let that fool you, no 5w or 10w SET is going to get the woofers going to the depths of what the speaker is capable of.

Hi Kiddman,

Thanks for letting me know about the performance in large rooms. I take it the S4700s would probably be better in a medium to smaller size room too, true?

As far as JBLs and amps, I found that Class A solid state like Pass Labs and Accuphase works well too.

Hi Audiolabyrinth,

That's one Hell of a deal on the Everests. And yeah, at that price, you might as well forget the K2s. Are the Everests new, demo, or used? Just curious. Anyway, I would go for it! Good luck!

Dave says "I take it the S4700s would probably be better in a medium to smaller size room too, true?"

Kidd says: Do you mean better than the Everest in small rooms? I doubt anything they make will have the mids, highs, dynamics of Everest.

If you mean that the 4700 would work better in a small and mid room than the 4700 would in a large room, don't know, have not heard them.

Audiolabyrinth. I appreciate Kiddmans comments.Mixing and matching can always be factors. However I find most people use no isolation or conditioning on their solid state pre or amp and so noise becomes a significant contribution to the overbright upper end of the loudspeakers used.
I'm glad you have discovered just what joy comes out of properly set up isolation & conditioning, power cables, speaker cables, i/c's. I know a lot of folks don't have the patience or the ears for it. We are lucky.