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Steve:
I have owned Piega C40's in the past and loved them, however they were a little light on the bass, but they had a midrange and high end to kill for. My fear about the Master Line Source 2's is that with those 4 coaxial drivers, the speakers might be very bright, however I have never heard them. It would be great if you could hear them first, especially if you have a difficult room.They sure look nice, however they are quite tall. Good Luck! Sam
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I've owned a few pair of Piega speakers over the years, the last and best were the C10 Ltd with their coaxial midrange tweeter. Everyone refers to them as ribbon drivers, but they're not true suspended ribbons. They're a planar magnetic design similar to Magnepan drivers, while they do uniquely combine the midrange and tweeter driver which provides a great image.
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bump, I'm considering a pair of Master line source 2's and am wondering what Piega owners have to say about their experience and what these amazing speakers need to play their best. If you haven't owned the MLS2 any Piega experience will help. Tia Steve
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I had a pair of P-10s many years ago. I thought they were excellent speakers. A little power hungry, but they responded well to 160 watts of tube Canary monoblocks. Very dynamic and resolving. I still have fond memories of them.
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I would add a pair of ElREL SHO’s.
EIREL? Is that a new company?
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I don’t consider SVS audiophile. They are boom boxes. I would add a pair of ElREL SHO’s. Their high level connection allows them to play like woofers that blend perfectly and play down lower.
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I currently own speakers with ribbon tweeters and am moving away from this driver type as they always seem to be problematic in certain ways that I find increasingly irritating. Avanti mentioned artifacts and I think he is spot on and I have never heard a ribbon type of high frequency driver that didnt display some unreal sounding artifacts that detract from the obvious advantages of this driver type. Many of these more "exotic" drivers force the designer into a bit of a corner regarding crossover methodology. I would caution you to listen at length with a diverse amount of program material before buying. I also would suspect that a stout current based amp would be better than most tube type amplifiers. I have only heard this speaker at shows and have never had a pair in my room. I didnt really like them the various times I have heard them at shows. FWIW.
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Listened long to the Coax 511 towers, retail $15.9K. The only speaker with coaxial ribbon midrange and tweeter that I am aware of.
Remarkably transparent with excellent imaging and sound stage. A touch of high frequency artifacts but not too distracting.
Worth consideration if you value a high resolution sound.
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I have a pair of Piega Coax 311s that I bought a couple of years ago to replace ~20 year-old Dynaudio Contour 1.8s (something about raising two kids leaves little time, money or energy for new stereo equipment).
My plan was to move to a stand speaker since our living room doubles as the listening room. After research and several audio shows I thought I was going to get a Harbeth. But after listening in my room, the Harbeths were just a little too smooth.
My dealer suggested the Piegas and they had enough of the richness that I wanted but also enough bite to make rock tracks exciting. My listening is about 50% rock (tending to indie and Americana but with occasional needs to hear some power), 25% jazz, and maybe 10% classical. I played oboe through college, so that instrument needs to sound 'right' to me. But I'm also playing a lot of piano and singer-and-guitar tracks that also need to sound good.
The Piegas worked well for me. I'm driving them with a Benchmark AHB2 amplifier.
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The ones I've heard at shops and shows sounded nice but outside my budget at the time.
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I have the Coax 711 and could not be happier. Their midrange and treble completely won me over. The bass is good, but I added two Rel subs and the overall sound just filled out and blossomed. I think that is what audioman is also suggesting. IMHO, they easily beat some more expensive speakers handily, especially with the subs.
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To me if you don’t mind adding a quality sub or 2,myself SVS 4000SB subs which are very good.
with the superb MBL 126 standmounts with matching stands ,yes a bit power hungry but sit Anywhere in the room and sound is pretty much = exceptionally fast great soundstaging and imaging ,I know of no loudspeaker in the $20k or under club That betters their topend or midrange ,with subs a true full range monster.
you do need a high current Amplifier-into 4 ohms .
my Coda CSIB does this with ease . These are my bucket list speakers 2 of my friends own ,maybe next year still a few more $$ to save .
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Had C8Ltd … great speaker, probably the best speaker I’ve sold. Like many speakers, it really sounds best with quite a lot of current … a friend drove his with a Mac MC402, mine with a Plinius 8200MkII. Might be a big tube would work too but never heard.
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The Piega at Axpona connected to Hifi Rose Tube amp , I choose them one of the I best sound on the show...
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Own the C40. Good speakers but need some room to open up.
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