I'm using Cain & Cain SuperAbbys with the C&C Bailey sub, powered by an Almarro amp with 4.8 watts/channel. If I turn the volume, for example, from the 12'00 o'clock position (silence) to the 3'00 o'clock position, the sound is far too loud. The Abbys provide big music, full-range, with plenty of dynamics. These beat every speaker I've ever owned (old 10.01 Bose, ML Aerius i, B&W 803N, Tyler Taylo Refs w/Taylo sub, Tyler Linbrooks, as well as some PSB and Thiels I've also owned ... with all due respect to these wonderful speakers, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed when I had them). The Cains (95 dB) are far more musical and do not require monster amps. Too, everyone is shocked by how great they sound.
While it's true that my Abbys are not true single-driver speakers, because they've got super-tweeters and I've integrated a sub, they sound no less big and musical without the sub. I think they hit 42Hz w/o the sub, which is more than acceptable, but I needed to get lower for some of the jazz I like.
While it's true that my Abbys are not true single-driver speakers, because they've got super-tweeters and I've integrated a sub, they sound no less big and musical without the sub. I think they hit 42Hz w/o the sub, which is more than acceptable, but I needed to get lower for some of the jazz I like.