@sunshdw - Thank you for the suggestion. I'll absolutely take a look at them.
@jastralfu - Quick question for you. Could you describe the differences between the Falcon's and Fritz speakers? Anything you'd describe as sort of fundamentally different between the two?
@erik_squires - Thanks for the recommendation, Erik.
@immatthewj - Thank you for the recommendation on the thread.
@yogiboy - I've read great things about those Falcon Gold badge speakers. Do you have any direct experience with them? Would welcome hearing about your perspective on them if you've heard and/or owned them.
@paradisecom - Thank you for recommendation on the Omega speakers. It's a name I've seen in the forums but have not yet researched. Will do so.
@jimmy2615 - Thank you. Based on an experience of having purchased what I feel is a mismatch between Amp and speaker, I've been particularly sensitive (maybe overly so) on the question of whether a given amp can really drive a speaker. @atmasphere - Atmasphere has kindly and wisely helped me understand how some amps/speakers just simply have better synergy.
But I guess I've come to a personal conclusion to avoid "starving a speaker of power." It just seems, from my very limited experience, that most speakers perform better when fed enough watts and current to really open up and demonstrate their strengths.
Bookshelf Speakers for Luxman 590axii?
Hi All -
I’ve been running a Luxman 590axii in my office for a couple of years with Buchardt S400 MKii speakers. While the pairing is good I think the Luxman really need an easier speaker to drive. This is a secondary system and I’ll be switching in the Luxman and new speaker every few months for variety. It’s a smallish room and there is a listening chair about 8 feet from the amp/speaker set up.
I’ve been intrigued by the Graham LS3/5 speakers…
The other components in the system:
- Gold Note DS-10 Streamer/Dac
- Lessloss speaker cables
- Cardas Clear Reflection power cable
- Revelation Labs IC
- Puritan 136 power conditioner
The Luxman 590axii is rated as 30 watts of class a, but goes into Class AB up to something like 90 watts at 8 ohms. While that may be true, I’ve personally come to the conclusion this version of the Luxman shines best with an easier speaker load so it stays in class A. The Buchardt’s start distorting pretty quickly once the volume goes up.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!