Best speakers for my system


Hi everybody,

I hope you can give me some good advice. I have a Levinson No. 336 amp and a Levinson No. 390S CD processor. I have Audience AU24e interconnects and speaker cables and an Audience AR6T power conditioner with an AU24 powerChord. What speakers would work well with these components? I'm overwhelmed with the choices. My budget is probably something between $5 - 12K, depending on how much the economy improves this year.
gapperis123

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As speaker and system choices are very personal I can only respond to what I would want in a speaker and a system.

I personally am partial to high efficiency speaker designs, such as those made by Devore, Coincident Technology, and Vaughn.

So for me, I would likely sell the Levinson amp and buy a Coincident Techology Frankenstein 8 watt/channel amp or their 75 watt/channel Dragon amp. The Frankies are the cat's meow and are the best low-powered amplifier I have ever heard. They produce the strongest 8 watts I have ever heard and with also the cleanest and most grain-free performance. IMO, there is nothing better if you hook them up to the appropriate speakers. And their difference to most other amps is not subtle. You will recognize it immediately.

I would then choose between a Coincident Technology Total Victory II or Total Victory IV--or maybe an $8,500 delivered Vaughn Cabernet. Maybe a Devore Gibbon 9 or their reference Silverback. All these speakers are excellent and are easily driven with the Frankenstein's.

Greg