I see there are four other Legacy speaker owners. I have Signature IIIs in my living room and Focuses in my main listening room hooked up to a high end system in a high end custom listening room. The Focus speaker, for the price used (even in 2000 when I paid $3600) was/is a bargain. It has fabulous qualities overall for all types of music. I have hooked them up to custom 125 w. push pull Class A/B voltage regulated amps-plenty of control for 6-12" woofers. Great body/tone/dynamics. These never were meant to be my end all speaker.
What they lack is significant for me. They do not disappear (although out of the box sound is achievable with well mastered recordings), dispersion is limited with best seat in the center (I have a big problem sharing music with others due to this limitation) and ambiance retrieval is limited. My favorite speaker for my system is a Von Schweikert Ultra 7; unfortunately, out of my pay scale at $180,000 despite my listening room costing $150,000 4 years ago.
So, I have compiled a list of potentially adequate speakers and my requirements listed below. Comments are appreciated as I have not heard these speakers yet.
Acora Acoustics SC-2 $37K
Zellaton Plural Evo $70K
Songer Audio S-2 $39.2K or $49K
Aequo Adamantis $33,450
Rockport Cygnus $62.5K
Tannoy Canterbury $17.5K
Tannoy Westminster $27.5K
What I am missing from – 1. Wide dispersion/seating 2. Speakers disappear 3. Ambience
- beautiful midrange for voice/body
- dynamic
- relatively easy to drive
- good resolution (not microscopic, not missing musical info)
- PRAT
- Full range for piano (27-39 Hz lowest 7 notes
- Not too far into room (3’ from walls)
- Good imaging (not oversized, not undersized)
I dislike Wilsons (too intense after 10-15 minutes), Magico (uninvolving), YG, B&W, etc. speakers which are more akin to sonic microscopes than musical reproduction. I do not want difficult to drive speakers which require massive power (thanks for informing me about Revels). I do not want single person speakers (akin to headphone listening). Thanks! See my audio equipment /room for details