I went and listened to them in Springfield, IL with my own CD with some of my favorite tracks. Quality speaker, nice sound but not my cup of tea.
No love for Legacy Audio
Hello all. I have been on a few discussions here and read many more. I have not seen many of the posters here talk much about Legacy Audio speakers. I am referring to the Signature SE model and the Focus SE model. I am curious why people don’t seem to like them as much as several other brands that get talked about much more here. What is it you like better about the ones you are consistently raving about. Thank you.
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@big_greg You are correct. The Focus speakers are made for larger rooms. My room was specially built to accommodate them at a smaller size (those 4 wall built-in bass traps). Just keeping them away from the side and rear walls is important and alleviates too much bass (overload). I'm sorry Legacy, but the original Focus are better than the SE and superior to the HD (tweeters mounted in the wrong direction). The 20/20 has a more difficult to drive low impedance (2.2 ohms versus 2.8 ohms in the bass) but otherwise should sound nearly the same. |
I have a pair of Legacy Audio Empires. Although they have a large soundstage they are not my favorite for music, however they are great for movies and games. Dialog and soundstage sounds big, Tie Fighters sound like they’re flying over and passed you. With EQ to boost the lows explosions have a lot of punch too even without a subwoofer, which I was surprised considering they’re open baffle . Out of curiosity I called them and ask them a few years ago if they have replacement components for them and they said they even still have replacement drivers for them. The speakers are 30 years old and weren’t huge sellers at the time yet I can still get some support from the company if something goes wrong, I think that says a lot about them. |
I'm a Whisper owner...and they're the best speaker I've heard in any of my spaces! Pacing, detail, and proper volume of different instruments in the mix is uncanny!!!! They create a ...hate to say it...a holographic space! Oh and I have the original ones...so it used the Step One processor which serves me now as decorative signage, I've found that Audyssey MultEQ-X with REW does a much better job. Now if I went to a Wavelet 2 that may be a different story. Loving these "Dream" speakers and my sweet spot it alot bigger! |
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