I took the single driver loudspeaker plunge about 4 months ago and purchased a pair of the Omega Super 3's in the narrow cabinet. I have about 200 hours on them. I am in the middle of preparing a review of Omegas, but here are my impressions so far:
1. The Omegas are very sensitive to the amplification that you provide them with. The amplifier will need to be very musical and on the warm side, the more elegant sounding the better. Keep dry and analytical sounding amps or amps that are proudly solid state like the NADs and Rotels away from them. This is particularly interesting, as I was talking with Omega's owner (Louis Cochos) and he had said that some of his speakers are being designed with solid state amplifiers in mind. If you go with a solid state amp, think smooth, elegant, and musical ... like Creek or Musical Fidelity or Arcam, et al.
2. I have been pairing the Omegas with a vintage Marantz 2240 receiver and quite frankly, I am very pleased with both male and female vocals and small ensemble music. The sound has a 3D, in the room presence to it. There is a test that Robert Reina (Stereophile) does where he "listens in" on the speakers from an adjoining room. The Omegas are some of the most captivating speakers that I have ever heard in this manner ... the music just invites you in.
3. Where I have not been pleased is with swing music like Frank Sinatra's "Night & Day." The brass fanfare is ridiculously annoying and cartoonish sounding. Also, some rock oriented Americana like Big n Rich just sounds dull and lifeless. I think that the culprit may be the Marantz and I have been busy switching equipment back n forth with my systems and the sound improves somewhat.
4. Because I am using the Omegas in my bedroom system, it is an absolute requirement that a receiver serve as the power source. For a while now, I have been looking to retire the Marantz to "tuner only" duty in another system and I have an Arcam receiver on order. More listening to follow.
Hope this helps. The other associated equipment is a Music Hall MMF CD25 cd player and Signal Cable interconnects and speaker cable. I think that the Omegas are going to be winners, but it will be another month or so, before I know for sure.
As I wrote this response, I have been listening to ... Di Stefano "Operatic Recitals," a recent Decca re-release of a 1959 recording on my NAD C320BEE/SONY SCD 555 ES SACD/AR 302 system. The music and system rocks.
Regards, Rich
1. The Omegas are very sensitive to the amplification that you provide them with. The amplifier will need to be very musical and on the warm side, the more elegant sounding the better. Keep dry and analytical sounding amps or amps that are proudly solid state like the NADs and Rotels away from them. This is particularly interesting, as I was talking with Omega's owner (Louis Cochos) and he had said that some of his speakers are being designed with solid state amplifiers in mind. If you go with a solid state amp, think smooth, elegant, and musical ... like Creek or Musical Fidelity or Arcam, et al.
2. I have been pairing the Omegas with a vintage Marantz 2240 receiver and quite frankly, I am very pleased with both male and female vocals and small ensemble music. The sound has a 3D, in the room presence to it. There is a test that Robert Reina (Stereophile) does where he "listens in" on the speakers from an adjoining room. The Omegas are some of the most captivating speakers that I have ever heard in this manner ... the music just invites you in.
3. Where I have not been pleased is with swing music like Frank Sinatra's "Night & Day." The brass fanfare is ridiculously annoying and cartoonish sounding. Also, some rock oriented Americana like Big n Rich just sounds dull and lifeless. I think that the culprit may be the Marantz and I have been busy switching equipment back n forth with my systems and the sound improves somewhat.
4. Because I am using the Omegas in my bedroom system, it is an absolute requirement that a receiver serve as the power source. For a while now, I have been looking to retire the Marantz to "tuner only" duty in another system and I have an Arcam receiver on order. More listening to follow.
Hope this helps. The other associated equipment is a Music Hall MMF CD25 cd player and Signal Cable interconnects and speaker cable. I think that the Omegas are going to be winners, but it will be another month or so, before I know for sure.
As I wrote this response, I have been listening to ... Di Stefano "Operatic Recitals," a recent Decca re-release of a 1959 recording on my NAD C320BEE/SONY SCD 555 ES SACD/AR 302 system. The music and system rocks.
Regards, Rich