DeVore O/93 or PureAudioProject Duet15 for a First Watt SIT-3?


Hi
What do you think would be better for a warm organic late night listening (classic music, opera and jazz)?
Stereophile reviewed the O/93 as a perfect pairing with SIT-3 (even is SIT-3 prefers low impedance speakers).
Duet15 seems to me more sensible (97db vs 93db) (and Steve Guttenberg think are top).
My current speakers are 4ohms / 87db Avalon Indra, absolute fantastic at their 80db listening kingdom.

Thanks

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Peace brother. I have been something of an ass and you have reacted like a gentleman. I apologize and will not say a negative word to you or about you if I can possibly help it. 

Friends, I feel like we've gone a little off topic....
In the end I would have decided not to get an OB but to replace the Indras with the Orangutans. 
The dilemma now is between the O/93 and the O/96 (apart from cost). Which ones are more suitable for nighttime low listening?

The dilemma now is between the O/93 and the O/96 (apart from cost). Which ones are more suitable for nighttime low listening?

The O/96's. But only by a slight margin. The names are derived from their respective claimed sensitivities though JA measured slightly lower figures. The O/96 has a higher performance woofer (more powerful magnet assembly). Over and above, the O/96 has a looser, more lively sound and the 0/93 is slightly buttoned-up by comparison. The O/96's are a bit more picky with room placement. 

For the money, I would get the O/93s. I think they are more cohesive and balanced. I noticed little to no difference in efficiency.

Fred, thanks for the comment. No problems on my end.

 

For the money, I would get the O/93s. I think they are more cohesive and balanced. I noticed little to no difference in efficiency.

This is exactly what Don Better told me the one and only time I came to visit him up in Cleveland to audition the O/93's. He did not have the O/96's available to compare and he knew that I was primarily interested in the 93's. I paid for them that day and received them directly from Brooklyn a week later. It appears he lost his Devore dealership rights. 

At Axpona one year I went back and forth between a room with the O/96's and a room with the O/93's, no less than four times each. I liked the 96's a lot more than the 93's even though they sounded less cohesive-they were far more engaging. They were set up quite differently-the 96's along the long wall with nearfield seating and the 93's along the short wall with seating further back.