My short list would include:
- Fab Audio Model 1 or Stonehenge. I have the Model 1 and think they are extremely hard to beat.
- 3A De Capo i. In the smallish room of a friend they are total magic with a KR18 SET integrated.
- Coincident Victory. I had the Total Victory but they were too much for a low-powered SET to drive to my satisfaction. The new Victory should be much better.
- Audio Note speakers go without saying. I've never heard them, but I've never read a bad word about them, and who should know SET-friendly speakers better than AN?
Other speakers I'd be very interested in hearing would be the Zu Definitions and the Von Schweikert db99.
Speakers that would NOT make my short list include:
- the Coincident Total Victory - maybe the new Mark II model is better, but the original didn't do it for me. Likewise the whole Eclipse series.
- the C&C Abby - IMO these are toy speakers with a number of flaws that make them unsuitable for serious use (flame away). The bigger Ben series may be better, but I've never heard a pair.
- the Lamhorn 1.8 - a bad experience trying to drive a pair of these with my PX25 amp (and my ownership of the Abbys) has left me very skeptical about single driver backhorns in general.
- Fab Audio Model 1 or Stonehenge. I have the Model 1 and think they are extremely hard to beat.
- 3A De Capo i. In the smallish room of a friend they are total magic with a KR18 SET integrated.
- Coincident Victory. I had the Total Victory but they were too much for a low-powered SET to drive to my satisfaction. The new Victory should be much better.
- Audio Note speakers go without saying. I've never heard them, but I've never read a bad word about them, and who should know SET-friendly speakers better than AN?
Other speakers I'd be very interested in hearing would be the Zu Definitions and the Von Schweikert db99.
Speakers that would NOT make my short list include:
- the Coincident Total Victory - maybe the new Mark II model is better, but the original didn't do it for me. Likewise the whole Eclipse series.
- the C&C Abby - IMO these are toy speakers with a number of flaws that make them unsuitable for serious use (flame away). The bigger Ben series may be better, but I've never heard a pair.
- the Lamhorn 1.8 - a bad experience trying to drive a pair of these with my PX25 amp (and my ownership of the Abbys) has left me very skeptical about single driver backhorns in general.