Hi,
I'm a great fan of Living Voice speakers which are a steal at the price. I'll qualify that, the Auditoriums are good, but not exceptional. They do'nt have a clean response right through the audio spectrum and are a little base light. Both the Avatar and OBX are exceptional speakers and I have Dem'd all 3 together in a good dealers room with appropriate ancillaries . It's heresy but I prefer the Avatars, the OBX certainly has a massive soundstage but to me it has an upper mid base lift, quite attractive but not accurate. You also have to consider the big ugly X-overs, where are you going to put them, not a good WAF I assure you.
Some general considerations, they are small and room friendly, but need room to breathe, at least a metre from the back wall and there imaging is so good, quite wide apart. Kevin who designed recommends 8 to 10 feet and I can'nt manage that.
They are "laid Back" and do'nt hit you between the eyes like say a similarly priced B and W Nautilus, but I again, like that. They may not be so dramatic in the show room, but they really are great to live with and do'nt favour any particular musical genre.
There builder is a valve fan and sound good with very low output SET's, but I use a quality low output SS Class A amp a Pass Lab Aleph 3, I'm told they are great with Monarchy Audio SM 70's too.
In summary a great range of speakers all different but all with a laid back, musical, house sound. The top 2 are the gems, but I prefer the Avatar and it is more practical.
I hope thats useful
David
I'm a great fan of Living Voice speakers which are a steal at the price. I'll qualify that, the Auditoriums are good, but not exceptional. They do'nt have a clean response right through the audio spectrum and are a little base light. Both the Avatar and OBX are exceptional speakers and I have Dem'd all 3 together in a good dealers room with appropriate ancillaries . It's heresy but I prefer the Avatars, the OBX certainly has a massive soundstage but to me it has an upper mid base lift, quite attractive but not accurate. You also have to consider the big ugly X-overs, where are you going to put them, not a good WAF I assure you.
Some general considerations, they are small and room friendly, but need room to breathe, at least a metre from the back wall and there imaging is so good, quite wide apart. Kevin who designed recommends 8 to 10 feet and I can'nt manage that.
They are "laid Back" and do'nt hit you between the eyes like say a similarly priced B and W Nautilus, but I again, like that. They may not be so dramatic in the show room, but they really are great to live with and do'nt favour any particular musical genre.
There builder is a valve fan and sound good with very low output SET's, but I use a quality low output SS Class A amp a Pass Lab Aleph 3, I'm told they are great with Monarchy Audio SM 70's too.
In summary a great range of speakers all different but all with a laid back, musical, house sound. The top 2 are the gems, but I prefer the Avatar and it is more practical.
I hope thats useful
David