Koestner:
I run the EPS2 with an INT-30A. Pretty similar sensitivity; the design is rather like the XP with the big bass drivers lopped off.
The sound is lovely (warm and smooth), but: my serious listening is pretty quiet (peaks typically below 85, often below 80) with small scale music (female vocal, folk), my room is smaller than yours (13x20), and the combination is not thumping in the lows. I previously ran a pretty powerful A/AB amp (180wpc), which is closer to what PBN builds, and that had more authority on the bottom (but not as sweet elsewhere).
So while I'm very happy with the combo, I could see people who care about drama and bass being less so. Finances permitting, it might be worth going further up the line: some say that the 60 is not hugely different than the 30, so maybe the 100 is what's needed.
John
I run the EPS2 with an INT-30A. Pretty similar sensitivity; the design is rather like the XP with the big bass drivers lopped off.
The sound is lovely (warm and smooth), but: my serious listening is pretty quiet (peaks typically below 85, often below 80) with small scale music (female vocal, folk), my room is smaller than yours (13x20), and the combination is not thumping in the lows. I previously ran a pretty powerful A/AB amp (180wpc), which is closer to what PBN builds, and that had more authority on the bottom (but not as sweet elsewhere).
So while I'm very happy with the combo, I could see people who care about drama and bass being less so. Finances permitting, it might be worth going further up the line: some say that the 60 is not hugely different than the 30, so maybe the 100 is what's needed.
John