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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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verdantaudio
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So...I am the importer for Art Audio. I would encourage you to look at Zu. They work extremely well with Art Audio Amps.

Tom, the owner of Art Audio runs Tannoys and they are an outstanding match.

I have multiple customers running Klipsch. Cube Audio is a fine choice to pair.

That being said, the best option is probably Avantgarde Zeros based on your budget. They are incredible and my first choice. I would need to see if the distributor still has stock but they should be around $15K. The mids and treble would be driven the Jota and the bass has 500w power amps integrated.

I became an Avantgarde Dealer because of Art Audio

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verdantaudio
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@fosolitude yep.  I am sure we met at CAF 2019.  
 

Avantgardes are a pain to setup.  With the powered bass, you have a ton of flexibility in terms of DSP to get the bass just right and timed perfectly but by extension it is not speedy and super easy.  
 

Placement though is a breeze.  For demo, when I have them setup here I have the left speaker tucked into a corner.  Because of its directional nature they are easy to get into a room.  Corners, windows.  No problem.  
 

There are exceptions within the line though.  There is a ported Uno, the Uno Fino, is actually quite difficult to place but that is more the exception rather than the rule.  

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