speaker recommendations for Ayre V-5xe?


Hi All,

I recently picked up this amp used and have a Lumin T2 connected direct

I'd like to try a couple of standmount speakers in the 5-10k price range that would be considered an ideal match for the amp to really see what it can do

open to all ideas, was thinking Dynaudio heritage specials, the new Fritz Purifi model, Bowers 805d4

will likely get the Ascend Sierra-2EX v2 to start as it is relatively inexpensive and then go from there

really seeking a specific model if possible that is known to have synerygy with this amp

thanks in advance

 

 

 

 

 

audiocanada

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the amp seems to have alot of soul and musicality

can't really figure out why it wont play from standby mode

seems to lack bass for its size and wattage

not familiar with that Vandy model, will research it

 

at the moment sonus faber lumina v

parasound halo a23 and Anthem mca225 were noticeably better with bass

 

 

yes Harbeth's 30.2XD's and The superHL5plus XDs tried and sold

they were very nice, I have some mild criticisms better suited to a harbeth discussion, let's just say not my cup of tea

those JA look very nice

the Ascend's pricepoint allows me to try and buy regardless as a stop gap, custom seas driver, raal ribbon, and Klippel measurements, appears to be a level of actual R&D and published measurements beyond alot of the smaller independant companies

 

 

 

 

 

good advice thanks

atc scm 19v2's are definelety on my short list

additionally, the link below ranks the kefr3 very high and the same forum has a review that compares the new meta version sugeesting it is even better

 

https://sites.google.com/view/speaker-data/speakers/preference-ratings-graphs