Recommended speakers for Shindo Cortese

This is simply my guess. I am sure Don Better, Matt Rotunda or Jonathan Halpern know much better. I would think you would want a speaker at least 90 or 91 db, w/ a fairly stable 6 or 8 ohm impedance. What is the efficiency on your Coral Beta's.

there was a pair of Auditorium 23 Solovox speakers listed recently ... should pair beautifully with the Cortese. expensive though even used as they are rare

Think vintage - like old Altecs.

My current Corals are 98db I think

OK. If your speakers are 98DB, don't do anything until you hear the Cortese/Monbrison combo w/ your Coral's. In the meantime, you could figure out an alternative if you don't happen to like it. I wouldn't go crazy over it until you hear it w/ your speakers though. Of course, easier said than done because we are all kind of crazy already.

Shindo dealers often sell DeVore and Verity as a good match with Shindo. That's what I would get (and want to).

I had the Devore Super 8s, lovely speakers really, but I found them a tad inefficient for my 15wpc Montille. Particularly in the bass. I've since bought a pair of Coral Beta 8s, these were discontinued in the 80s I believe, but have built up a cult following. They are 101dB and the previous owner had custom transmission line cabinets built for them. At first I thought they were really bright, but after a few dozen hours they've settled down. I now love them, they are incredibly dynamic and they really get match well with Shindo gear. They get the tonality and emotion of the music really well. No regular multi-driver speakers sound so bland when I listen to them. You're gonna love them!

rafal OP1 posts 09-14-2009 12:29pm My current Corals are 98db I think

 

 

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This is the only problem with the CB8’s, too high sensitivity. Too forward a Midrange band, and so bass is cut short. Highs no doubt were fantastic, The DavidLouis VX8 has corrected this imbalance with a near perfect 95db sensitivity, 94db would have been perfect. The DLVX6 is 93db. Pairing with the DLVX8, 92 would have been the better. Hey only off 1 db sens on both,, nothing is perfect in this world.

I had good outcomes running my Shindo gear into Quad 2805 ESL speakers.  Actually EXCELLENT outcomes...... 

Jump on HORNING for best sound with that preamp.

That would be a very, very slow jump over a 12 year period.