Speakers for Modest Tube System
Vintage you say ??? A pair of Pioneer CS series w/ at least "12 woofer. The cabinets are of great style and they sound very nice for the era they were made in, efficient too. And lemme tell ya they can get loud. I remember my unc have a pair with a pioneer 27 wpc reciever and they rocked the house. But be prepaired to pick them up, I know I would not trust any shipper to those era beauties. They can be found on ebay like crazy and cheap. In fact maybe i'll buy a pair some day. |
I would agree with looking into Triangles. I recemtly bought from Upscale Audio a pair of Triangle Celius ES listing for $3000 but bought for $1649. They are and older model and other smaller models are availabe for less. They are musical and coherent from top to bottom and go down to about 40 Htz in my room. I also have the smaller Cometes which sound wonderful but lack deep bass and are stand mounted. All the Triangles are about 92 db efficient and 8 Ohm speakers and represent an easy load for the Jolida. |
Maybe you should stick with a kit from Madisound. Here's their Fostex BK-16 Folded Horn kit in Baltic birch for $750/pair including cabinet panels and all components for $750/pair. These single-driver Fostex designs are extremely efficient and tube-friendly. |
Appreciate everybodies suggestion, and I'm certainly going to look into some them. Learsfool, The Klipsch Heresey was one of the vintage speakers, along with the Large Advent, that I was interested in. Back in the '70s I always enjoyed listening to Advents, ARs, EPIs and other speakers that were known for the "Boston Sound". Matter of fact, I still have a pair of Boston Acoustic A-60s that I play ever so often. As for "up-to-date" speakers what I've been listening to and liking is some of the monitors from Spendor and ProAc. Of course, Deja Vu Audio, carries both Spendor and ProAc, along with Jolida amps and CDP, so I've been forunate to hear these speakers on similar equipment that I also own. |
