I am considering the Piega C-8 Limited or the P10.


I do not have a dealer in this area, and have not heard them. However, from what I have read, this speaker is definetly on my list of candidates.

I want a speaker that:
1) I can listen to anything from jazz to rock
2) Will take me off the upgrade my speakers every two years merry-go-round

Anyone who has had experience with this speaker (or perhaps the earlier Piega P10) and would like to share their thoughts with me would be greatly appreciated.

Other candidates in my speaker search are:
Von Schweikert VR-4 Gen III SE
Pro Ac Response 3.8
Wilson Sophia
Silverline LaFolia
Coincident Technologies Total Eclipse

In advance, thanks for your time. I look forward to hearing back some thoughts from my fellow Audiogon members.

Louis
louisl

Showing 2 responses by bigkidz

Louis,

I am doing the exact same thing. Read all of the reviews, and I am now going out to hear the ones I can but in my case all of these will probably better my B&W matrix 803s to some degree. You need to tells us more about your system SS or tubes, room size (this is very important in my system), volume level you like to listen at, etc. What do you feel you are missing from your current speakers. Some of the speakers are better for tubes versus SS equipment, so matching comes into play. I spoke to each manufacturer and asked a list of specific questions which was very helpful. For example, I own Pass Labs equipment and the La Folias are voiced with Pass Labs, the Coincidents are probably not even though I think you can get them in a 6 Ohm version, but after reading the reviews of the Totals, I was really interested in them for their ability to play very loud plus the total sound that was described by each review.

Asking a general question is OK but you need to go into more deals and call each manufacturer.

Happy Listening.
For what it is worth, I heard the the P-5 Ltds with a Pass Labs X-1 preamp, Pass X_250 and Edge NL-10 power amps and Metronome CDP and it sounded really good and not bright at all even juiced up. Very detailed, very dynamic, open and fast.

Hope this is more helpful.

I do not think you can go wrong with the P-10s unless you have the funds to buy up the ladder with the Piegas.