Speakers, without a doubt are the most important choice, they will be the ’sound’ of your system. Everything else will be small refinements, heard or imagined.
You may love the sound of those speakers, however I advise you to keep on looking before you buy them.
Think long: you may move, you may want to try tube amps, you might want to try bi-amp.
Try to find more efficient speakers you also love. As primary speakers, I also would try for a larger woofer, I prefer no ports, if so, front ones only.
If you do buy small woofers, perhaps think about adding a pair of self powered subs now or later. A pair, front firing, located near the mains. Bass, fundamentals and the bass overtones do produce stereo imaging, a single sub dis-allows that. Bass players in jazz are often a significant part of the group’s success, and enjoyment.
Letting the self-powered sub take the low bass, sending only upper bass, mids, highs, makes it much easier for your amp, and, critically, the smaller woofers no longer need to try to make low bass, that's a big deal when using smaller woofers.
Efficient speakers works itself into the system, gives you many more options. Most importantly the more competitive world of lower powered amp(s): smaller physical size; weight, heat, placement options.
Lower cost amp(s) allows more for other parts within the budget of the initial system, i.e. more efficient speakers, less amp cost, gives more money for the speakers themselves, or more for the preamp.
I too listen to a lot of Jazz, stereo and mono. I recommend choosing a preamp with a ’loudness’ circuit, automatically/progressively engaged only at low volumes. Maintaining the bass player at low volumes, for me, retains involvement with the music, loss of the bass player becomes background music.
Recording techniques prior to Stereo were quite good, many great bass players. Not the location, but the distinction of individual players is refined by using several techniques: mono mode; mono cartridge; single speaker. Even in Mono, maintaining a more distinct awareness of the bass player at low volume retains involvement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour
Yes, if you buy less efficient speakers, you will need a V-8. Keep in mind, you need twice the power to produce a perceptible volume increase of +3db. Choosing 87 efficiency means you start out needing twice the power to produce the sound level of a 90 efficiency speaker. Or, choose a 90 db efficiency, you need only half the power to produce the same sound level.
A bit more, double the amp power again. It adds up.
You may love the sound of those speakers, however I advise you to keep on looking before you buy them.
Think long: you may move, you may want to try tube amps, you might want to try bi-amp.
Try to find more efficient speakers you also love. As primary speakers, I also would try for a larger woofer, I prefer no ports, if so, front ones only.
If you do buy small woofers, perhaps think about adding a pair of self powered subs now or later. A pair, front firing, located near the mains. Bass, fundamentals and the bass overtones do produce stereo imaging, a single sub dis-allows that. Bass players in jazz are often a significant part of the group’s success, and enjoyment.
Letting the self-powered sub take the low bass, sending only upper bass, mids, highs, makes it much easier for your amp, and, critically, the smaller woofers no longer need to try to make low bass, that's a big deal when using smaller woofers.
Efficient speakers works itself into the system, gives you many more options. Most importantly the more competitive world of lower powered amp(s): smaller physical size; weight, heat, placement options.
Lower cost amp(s) allows more for other parts within the budget of the initial system, i.e. more efficient speakers, less amp cost, gives more money for the speakers themselves, or more for the preamp.
I too listen to a lot of Jazz, stereo and mono. I recommend choosing a preamp with a ’loudness’ circuit, automatically/progressively engaged only at low volumes. Maintaining the bass player at low volumes, for me, retains involvement with the music, loss of the bass player becomes background music.
Recording techniques prior to Stereo were quite good, many great bass players. Not the location, but the distinction of individual players is refined by using several techniques: mono mode; mono cartridge; single speaker. Even in Mono, maintaining a more distinct awareness of the bass player at low volume retains involvement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour
Yes, if you buy less efficient speakers, you will need a V-8. Keep in mind, you need twice the power to produce a perceptible volume increase of +3db. Choosing 87 efficiency means you start out needing twice the power to produce the sound level of a 90 efficiency speaker. Or, choose a 90 db efficiency, you need only half the power to produce the same sound level.
A bit more, double the amp power again. It adds up.