Acoustic Zen Crescendo

My Crescendos replaced my Avalon Ascendants and I'm still over the moon with them; so musical and enjoyable...

I noticed the biggest difference after 2.5 months of use, images became bigger with more dimension, space, depth and they're still getting better.

Mine are 60" from the front wall, 45" from the side wall, with the spkr separated 7'6" with a listening distance of 7'6". I'm guessing mine are toed-in about 10 degrees, inside black base at 60" and outside black base at 62" and my spkrs really disappear.

These are the best speakers I've heard and the coherence of these are just unbelievable...

Shouldn't be a problem, my room is actually 15' x 40' with 6' wide fire place separating the two rooms and they play louder than I care to listen with 86 watts of pure tube power...:)

Guys,

Just curious how far apart your speakers are, how much toe-in and how far you sit from your speakers?

Thanks,

LM 508 IA drives the Crescendo's beautifully and 48 SET Watts is more than enough for the music I listen to: Classical Guitar, Cello, Violin and various string instruments.

It's so involving that it keeps me up until almost midnight every night...

Wig
: o)

Lots of amp/pre-amps within the last 7 years:

Belles 350A/Belles 21A Modded caps/power supplies
Herron M1 Mono Amps/ Herron VTSP-3A Pre (loved it)
Vac 160i
Vitus
LM

Speaker:
Vandersteen 2CE Sig II
Avalon Ascendant
AZ

Wig

$5K is correct and my LM 508 IA replaced a Vitus RI-100 which is 400+ watts into 4 ohms and not a down grade at all plus the LM sounds much better but I'm partial to tubes...

My listening space is 20'W X 25'L X10"H with two entry ways; one on the left and one on the right. Typical listening is around the 9 o clock position and 10 to 11 o clock would rock the house. The LM is so Much more dynamic than the Vitus with better mid-range magic and mid-bass.

Who would have thought that a 48 Watt SET would be more transparent, open and resolving... 

adamaley,

Roger recommended the standard EML 300B in my LM508IA and those are the ones I used as well as the Sophia 300B Mesh Plates; the EMLs are more transparent/dynamic but the Sophia's are more organic sounding and musical...

Wig