Fostex based speakers: Cain Abby or Omega Super3R


It is finally time for me to ask some questions: I am completely stuck on the question of speakers: I am deliberating to wander off into single driver land. Any experiences and comparisons between the Abby's and Super 3's will be very helpful. Room size will be medium to small. Can you please tell me about your experiences with room placement of these speakers? Also, any comparison between the nearfield and the normal version of the Abby’s would be great.

Right now I only have a Jolida 302b tube amp with certainly enough, or even too much power. I am thinking of assembling an SET system around these speakers later down the road (Bottlehead amps, Wright Mono's, etc.). The Abby’s are slightly more efficient (97dB vs. 93dB) and might be easier to drive. Sources are an Audio Aero Prima and a Michell Tecnodec/DL103/Dino.

Thank you very much for your help.

Rene
restock

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Just thought I'd add my 2 cents regarding the Druid speakers by Zu, which I own. Well, to be precise, I have a pair of their discontinued Rune model (same dimensions and much the same specs as the Druid, with different cabinet construction), which I just had upgraded to the Druid Mk4 specs (new drivers, internal wiring, binding posts , etc.).

I really like them. A lot. For a number of reasons. They are rated at 101dB sensitivity, a quasi single driver design (a super tweeter takes over from 12kHz up, without a crossover), minimum 8 Ohm impedence, and frequency response of 35Hz to 20kHz. I'm driving the Druids with a 2Wpc tube amp (power tubes are a pair of 45s) and the music is very sweet. They have great detail, tonality, resolution... and they're not broken in yet.

The Druids are slated for a review at 6moons.com in the near future.