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Coincident Super Eclipse III vs. Tyler Sig System?

HI,

Speakers that I would like to hear opinions on are the Tyler Sig System (1 or 2 piece), the Coincident Super Eclipse III, and the Devore Gibbon Super 8 (although the Devore might have the problem of getting lost a bit in there as well). I couldn't find a whole lot of opinions on the Coincident, but I get the impression that it is slated for smaller spaces as well, even though it looks like a larger speaker down to 28hz.

Musical tastes are jazz, classical, and electronic (first two are the larger emphasis though). Room size is 12x20 attached to another room (an "L) that is another 12x15, so it is a pretty big room. I was looking at the Merlin VSM, but it might not be the best choice in such as large room, although if I had a smaller space it would be at the top of my list.

To give you an idea of what I like and have heard: I thought the Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus were fun and musical, with fairly tight low-end extension, the Thiel 2.4 was pretty sterile (on MF gears), the Arial Acoustics 6 was a nice, neutral speaker, but not enough of a performance difference to justify upgrading, the B&W 803D was very resolving but not as good as I expected (in a high-end Classe system-$16,000 of gears). I like a full-bodied, musical sound, but something refined with some resolution, but not excessively bloomy or chubby. I have been running a SS amp/tube pre, which seems to be musical without overdoing things.

dawgcatching

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ajazi
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I used to own the Tyler Signature System 2-piece with outboard crossover. And I've auditioned the Coincident Super Eclipse speakers.

For my tastes, the Coincident is the speaker for me. Especially if using tube gear (which I do).

Both speakers are excellent and both deserve a listen. I don't think you'll get the right answer for you by posting here. Only by you listening to both speakers and deciding for yourself.

Some pretty strong opinions around here regarding Tyler products.

Best of luck.

-George
ajazi
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"George (Ajazi): what were the differences you noted between these two speakers? Was it the presentation and soundstage, or differences in resolution?"

I thought the Coincidents were more transparent and resolving than the Ty's. I thought that the Ty's were a little too flat for my tastes.

Again, this is all personal preference and I use a tube preamp and tube mono's. So the sound I'm going for and hearing could be much different than what you'd hear.

I'm also only using CD's as source material, no vinyl.

My good friend now owns the Ty's (I sold them to him) and he loves them. He uses them with solid state amplification and in a basement without carpeting on the floor and/or drywall on the walls and he uses vinyl almost exclusively. He feels that they are not "loud" enough. He can clip his amps without a problem.

The Coincidents with tubes are amazing.

Also, even though there are no people listed on Ty's site as being in your area, I guarantee you if you post a new thread on this forum for Ty speaker owners in your area, you'd more than likely get a bite.

Best of luck.

-George
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