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Suggestions for high efficiency speakers?

I attended the Capital Audiofest and thought the Audio Note room had the best sound to my ears. Another attendee from Florida had a copy of "A Night in Tunisia" and it sounded like you were sitting in Art Blakey's chair with his drums right there in front of you. I want that palpability, that "you are there" sound I think low watt amps and high efficiency speakers deliver better than any other combination.

 

A couple years ago I heard the DeVore 96s at the same show and loved their sound, anyone know of other speakers that give the same sensations?

 

My system is a SOTA Sapphire w Sumiko MMT and Zu-modified Denon 103 into an Art Audio Vinyl One phono pre into a Lamm LL2 Deluxe pre into an Art Audio Jota SET power amp and into Joseph RM25 sigs.

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@atmasphere , those Hartsfield loudspeakers bring back some great memories. When I was a kid I'd take the trolly into Harvard Square where there was a store called The Audio Lab. They had the best used department. I got my TD 124 there.They also carried JBL and they had the Hartsfield speakers on display and to my young ears they were incredible. I thought they sounded better than K Horns. They were much more aggressive and in your face driven by Marantz Model 9's.

The Classic Audio Loudspeakers T1.5 look like very nice speakers but at $72,000 are pretty steep. In comparison to Wison or Magico speaker they are probably a great value. I have never heard a pair but at that price I would certainly travel to hear them. Which model do you own?

For 15K I would go with the Klipsh Cornwalls and subwoofers. 18 watts will give you a severe headache and the limited dispersion is IMHO a huge benefit. 

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