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Tyler House Sound

I recently purchased my first set of Tyler speakers. They are a custom pair of F2 2 way speakers that were made into floorstanders. I've heard good things about Tyler speakers so I was pleased when these came up on Audiogon.

Do all Tyler speakers have a "house sound". My impressions are a very transparent, clear, detailed, upfront sounding but not aggressive, large soundstage. Are similar to my old Thiel .5's without the "bite", must be the Kentucky air.

Are there certain electronics or cabling that go well with these speakers. If I could I'd like to soften them a wee bit. Do they like tubes? I'm running a NAD CDP,Signal cables and an Aragon 4004 mkII.

Thanks - Jack

Oh yeah, the cabinets are insane!
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drseid
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Yes, there is indeed a Tyler house sound, IMO. I love my Linbrook Signature System speakers, and the basic sound does not differ greatly from the Taylo Reference Monitors I kept when I upgraded...

I personally have preferred solid-state with the Tylers (although some tubes can sound quite good as well), but definitely not all solid state (I did not have good results with Aragon, for example).

The best SS I have heard for the Tylers was a pairing with CODA... That can be quite pricey for just the Reference Monitors... A good compromise (that also sounded wonderful) would be to seek out a used Legacy Audio High Current power amp. These amps are biased for Legacy speakers, but they sound great with Tylers anyway, have *plenty* of power, and they were *also* made by CODA. They can be had used in the $600-$750 range (much more pallatable used pricing, IMO).

---Dave
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