What @joseph796 said! Spatial M4 Turbo S would sound great in that room. 👍👍
Small room electrostat/ planar speaker?
In about 30 days will be moving to a new home where its going to be hard to make my 1.7 maggies work in a spouse friendly way ( the only large room is the main living room). I've always gravitated to planars and electrostatics, box speakers that don't sound colored or slow usually cost more than my entire system. Where I'd like to end up is a system that's extremely resolving at low to moderate volume levels, my main dissatisfaction with my current Mg 1.7 speakers and Prima Luna amp is that it really doesn't come to life until the volume is moderate listening levels or higher.
I'm wondering if anyone has seen something that approaches the coherency and speed of the 1.7s that would work in an 11x12 listening room? I'd like to keep the cost limited to $4k if possible.
I'm wondering if anyone has seen something that approaches the coherency and speed of the 1.7s that would work in an 11x12 listening room? I'd like to keep the cost limited to $4k if possible.
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I run Martin-Logans Electromotion ESLs in a small room with 25 watt Quicksilver tube amps. The ESLs do not have to be pulled out as far as Maggies do. I have mine in a cross corner location and the bass is amazing and the little amps drive the speaker quite well. You may want to try the new ESL-X it should be better than mine and there is nothing wrong with my set-up. Low volume listening is also as good as it gets. |
Well... if you like the Maggie sound... you should likely consider the MMG’s and .7’s for that size room... or... maybe even the Mini-Maggies with DWM. But... if you want to consider a proven "giant killer" - you’ll want to consider these, which I prefer to my Maggies... http://www.wavetouchaudio.com/products.html They do well in small, or large, rooms - simply unmatched sound quality at almost any price. |
One other thing to consider about the Eminent vs the Maggies. The Eminents do not go below 7-8 ohms. Its a much easier load for your amp. Eminents love Volts (tubes) rather than Watts. So that’s a huge consideration vs something like a Maggie in your situation. You want a speaker that react great to tube amps...especially lower powered ones.. |
Good point, aniwolfe. And though probably not called for by the LFT-16a, using a moderately powered ss amp on the dynamic woofers of the LFT-8b and the same in a tube amp on its m-p panels is optimal. The panels themselves present an about 11-12 ohm load to the amp when separated. They deserve and respond to superior amplification! |
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