Devore or Audio Note or other sensitive speakers: wanting to listen in Denver

Well done, Charles1dad. The devil is in the details. I tried some Focal 936 towers because they listed at 8 ohms, 92 dB sensitivity. However, when one looks more closely:

"My estimate of the Focal’s voltage sensitivity was 89.5dB(B)/2.83V/m—close to the specified 90dB, and usefully a little higher than average. The Aria 936 is specified as having a nominal impedance of 8 ohms and a minimum impedance of 2.8 ohms; my measurement (fig.1) confirmed the minimum value at 108Hz, but as the impedance stays below 4 ohms from the upper bass though the lower midrange, where music has high levels of energy, I would recommended using a amplifier rated into 4 ohms with this speaker." (JA in Stereophile)
https://www.stereophile.com/content/focal-aria-936-loudspeaker-measurements

yes @hilde45

those who have tried and scrutinized focal towers learn before long that their published nominal impedance rating was definitely written by the marketing department and is largely b-s

@keithr

@vinylvalet

"The F5xx series voicing completely baffles me."

I am curious if your experience with Fyne F5xx series includes the F5xx SP series or you referring exclusively to voicing of F5xx (non SP versions) ?

It seems like F501SP and F502SP has all the elements from the F7xx series and a potential to be very good speakers for less $$.

Thank you for sharing your experiences with Fyne. It is a brand that I’ve been eyeing for a while, really like the looks and specs, but can’t afford more than F502SP.

Allen

I'm referring to the non-sp 5xx series only. I have not heard the 501SP or 502SP. A friend who has heard one of the SP models thought it sounded exactly as you describe; a less expensive 7xx series speaker. He was impressed.

@hilde45  "Daedalus is very nice --- hard to audition and, of course, quite huge. "

The stereo muse is much smaller than the other Daedalus  speakers and for @mesch  they can be had second hand for "reasonable pricing". They just do not come up very often . I have the stereo muse in a 12 x 14 x 8 room. 

there are some risks as @jjss49 wisely states.