ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms??

2nd day with the Omens driven by a Sophia Baby Amp (10wpc). 2/10 of volume effortlessly fills my C-shaped 25x25 listening room to "loud conversation" levels. 5/10 of volume annoys people watching a movie 2 rooms away. As previously noted - the character changes are rather obvious as the break-in proceeds (starts somewhat congested but within few hours it comes alive). Right now Joe Henderson playing Jobim comes through precisely and evenly laid out throughout the frequency range - perhaps the lower octave not as full just yet.

After an extended period with the Sophia Baby on Omens I finally determined the loudness did not have enough weight which I knew the Omens should support. Limited dynamic range might be another way to say it. The clarity was there, but a lot of the emotion was lost.

I moved the tubes to driving a mini-Lore set (omg - the Sophia extracts more weight and clarity out of the 8-inch mini-Lores than the 10-inch Omens) and relegated the Krell integrated to Omens duty. Available headroom brought the Omens closer to their ultimate capability. I have a hard time deciding whether I prefer the smaller room, smaller driver with tubes or the larger room, larger driver with ss. Very similar presentations due to the common wideband design.

Listening to Rene Marie's "Experiment in Truth" through the Krell/Omen combo - after seeing her club performance on Monday this week - the recorded tunes do impart a lot of the likeness of "being there".