AES 6 pacs Speaker choice?


Which speakers would work well with an Audio Electronics Six-Pac & AES preamp system?

My room is about 16x14, music is about 85% blues-based rock both acoustic & electric. 15% Jazz & Classical.

I would like to go with out seperate subs, cabinets need to be moderate size and nice looking wood prefered.

In design I prefer simple over complicated- a two way would be nice.

I do tend to listen loud.

Budget is $2000. -$3000.

Thanks,
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Showing 1 response by bombaywalla

My room is about 16x14, music is about 85% blues-based rock both acoustic & electric. 15% Jazz & Classical.
I used to own a pair of these Sixpac until quite recently & I also listen to the genres of music as you do (but my distribution is/was different from yours - mainly a lot more Jazz than blues). IMHO, I don't think that the Sixpac is the correct amp for a system that is so heavily blues & rock based. I don't think that you are going to get what you are looking for from this amp. Yes, the subs that you will buy will provide you the thumping bass & you could use 6CA4 tubes instead of EL34s to natively get more bass out of the amp but I personally think that this amp would be better off bringing out the nuances of the music in Jazz & classical, which have far less compression than blues & rock. YMMV.