@grey9hound ahh, I know. Trying to get past the looks. If they came in veneer I may have them already. High on the list at the moment...
End game speakers for Yamaha as2100 under 5k new or used
Hi
Cycled through a few now.
I love the amp and never want to sell. Its a tank (50lbs) but only rated at 90w.
I only stream now. Tidal mqa through a lumin d1. Sometimes CD. No other hi res. So redbook or mqa will be it for me.
I like some detail, but like a more relaxed sound that I know. 1\2 of the time its playing in the room in the background, other 1\2 I sit and listen. Needs to have ultra wide sweet spot and dig deep into 30hz range or below.
My 'room' is a 1650 sq ft loft with really no walls and 22ft ceilings. Its not just a box, but mostly open. Room treatments will be an ongoing thing, but I don't want the speaker to sound bad in the interm. Surprisingly, its actually OK and does not echo, I think due to the material used in the roof.
Anyway. I want a speaker that first and foremost makes maximum use of these watts. I don't want to ever think that they may sound way better with 2x or 3x the watts. But I also don't want them to be so efficient that they will sound the same with 1 watt. Something just right to use this amp as designed. This may seem odd, but its required that I find the spec sweet spot here first, to manage my future upgradeitis. In that sweet spot, I will audition as many as possible. But I'm not sure what ohm/db that would be? Ish??
Used I was thinking acoustic zen creshendo, focal, legacy, tekton(??) or tannoy prestige. Since I have so much air to move I may be leaning more to larger drivers?
I am not sure I want k horns with this amp....
Any suggestions welcome :)
Cycled through a few now.
I love the amp and never want to sell. Its a tank (50lbs) but only rated at 90w.
I only stream now. Tidal mqa through a lumin d1. Sometimes CD. No other hi res. So redbook or mqa will be it for me.
I like some detail, but like a more relaxed sound that I know. 1\2 of the time its playing in the room in the background, other 1\2 I sit and listen. Needs to have ultra wide sweet spot and dig deep into 30hz range or below.
My 'room' is a 1650 sq ft loft with really no walls and 22ft ceilings. Its not just a box, but mostly open. Room treatments will be an ongoing thing, but I don't want the speaker to sound bad in the interm. Surprisingly, its actually OK and does not echo, I think due to the material used in the roof.
Anyway. I want a speaker that first and foremost makes maximum use of these watts. I don't want to ever think that they may sound way better with 2x or 3x the watts. But I also don't want them to be so efficient that they will sound the same with 1 watt. Something just right to use this amp as designed. This may seem odd, but its required that I find the spec sweet spot here first, to manage my future upgradeitis. In that sweet spot, I will audition as many as possible. But I'm not sure what ohm/db that would be? Ish??
Used I was thinking acoustic zen creshendo, focal, legacy, tekton(??) or tannoy prestige. Since I have so much air to move I may be leaning more to larger drivers?
I am not sure I want k horns with this amp....
Any suggestions welcome :)
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These are three awesome suggestions! Thank you. Of these, I think the tannoy Cheviot or Arden would be amazing, but still very new so will be hard to find used yet at a more comfortable price. That might be the one to wait for...for a few years. I was not aware of these before posting this... A used Acoustic Zen Crescendo Mk1 might also be in my price wheelhouse. I will never get to audition though. Any thoughts from those who own a crescendo 1 or 2 and drive it with a high current 100w solid state amp? Would you say it mostly meets my criteria or no? I have been also noticing the Tyler Acoustic Halo 1. Sealed box, 12 inch woofers soft dome tweeter. I suspect this is a vintage sound? There are literally no reviews on it. Does anyone here own, or have owned, this speaker? He has used trade in’s for sale all the time, so I know people cycle through them... |
Ok. Taking advice to stick with >90db at 8ohm and >93db at 4ohm, it does narrow it down. I’m not just canvassing opinions for fun, I will actually listen to these suggestions. Making the cut with high enough efficiency to be in the Goldilocks zone for the as2100, with a warmer signature and wide sweet spot to be used in a very large room (these were my requirements, so I am assuming recommendations above were aligned with that )... + ...I can tolerate looking at them: "Vintage" designs with large drivers, used -Tannoy Cheviot/Arden Legacy -Klipsch Cornwall -Spendor SP100 "Traditional" Designs, used -Tekon Double Impact (eeerm, can Eric do a veneer??, could buy new also) -Verity Audio Parsifal (8ohm, 89db...on the limit) -Anything in my $ range by Daedelus -Anything in my $ range by Coincident Not listed here, new, but still interested Focal Aria 948 Opera Quinta SE Not listed here, used, unicorn VR-4 Gen ii Listed right now ’locally’ https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649453778-alta-audio-lelantos-speakers-massive-bottom-end-fo... http://alta-audio.com/collection/lelantos/ That should be enough for now. Little bit of focus helps ... |