If you had to choose...
Hi everyone, I am researching my next little “step up” in my audio journey after 3 years. Upgrading from my current ATC SCM11 v2 speakers to ??
These are my current top 3 contenders. I am sure there should be others on this list…
Anyone have any comparison experiences between any of them, etc? If you were choosing…. which ones would you be going for? (-:🤔
I have been eying the Alyssa for a couple of years now, but they are out of my budget range, unless I could ever find a great deal and leverage a trade-in opportunity. Fritz seemed the way to go for me, but then I was just turned on to the Revival.
Based on what everyone has written about each of these, I am very confident that I can’t go wrong with any of these three. Just curious as to your thoughts and experiences.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
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FWIW, below is my environment:
I have a small 8'x10' room/home office/music equipment pit, with 9'ceiling. I sit at my desk about 7 feet from the speakers. I am relegated to this room for at least the next 4 years…
Mostly low volume listening (65db or lower) with occasional turn it up sessions. So they need to do well at low volume.
Music is alternative e.g. Radiohead/Smile, Mazzy Star, Echo, D. Mode, Simple Minds, Cure, etc. Classic rock, progressive rock, Bowie, TOOL, 60s psychedelic and acoustic/folk. All over the place…
Equipment:
I have not hear the others. That said, I've owned both the Carrera and the Carbon 7 mk2 SE and I much prefer the Carbon 7, and this is the speaker Fritz is going to continue focusing on. Here are a couple reviews: The Carreras' Be tweeter is quite bright and if you have the ear and room for it, quite lovely. But it's a much more difficult tweeter to live with, longer term. That's how things wound up playing out for me. In short, I'd get the Carbons. |
Efficient speakers are a good way to go. It's sometimes hard to know when a speaker is efficient because the numbers need to be accompanied by the impedance curve. Fritz speakers work well with lower power. Fritz: "Very easy load on any amplifier including low powered tube amps. See Impedance & fantastic phase curves below." |
Deep truth. Fritz has a money back guarantee. I believe he found a way to reduce the cost of shipping by a fair amount. It won't cost a lot to try them. My two cents: call him. |
