I HAVE A PAIR OF LEGACY FOCUS 20/20'S THAT I AM DRIVING WITH THE KRELL FPB600. THE NOMINAL IMPEDANCE ON THE LEGACY SPEAKER IS 4 OHMS. THIS IS AN EASY LOAD FOR THIS AMP AND THE OUTPUT IS 1200 WATTS ON THIS IMPEDANCE. CONSIDERING THE SPEAKER EFFICIENCY RATING OF THE LEGACY SPEAKER AND COUPLING IT WITH AMPLIFIER POWER THAT THIS KRELL AMP DELIVERS, THE SOUND CAN BE DESCRIBED AS,TREMENDOUSLY DYNAMIC, REALISTIC, AND DETAILED. THE SOUND IS ALSO RELAXED WITH A SMOOTHNESS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AUDIO BAND THAT PREVENTS LISTENER FATIGUE AT ALL POWER LEVELS. FOR MY TASTE, AND CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH, THIS IS A COMBINATION THAT I AM VERY PLEASED WITH.
which amp for legacy focus
i have owned these focus for three years and love them. I am driving them behind a legacy power amp. I am getting to the point where i want to take these speakers to the next level. I am considering a new amp or two. Biamping interests me. I have auditioned a krell ???(250 watts),mcintosh 352,(350 watts)and the bryston 14sbt(500 watts) as singles and a couple of bryston 4sbt's(250 watts each) as duals. As no local dealer has the focus speakers I can not audition on the speakers until purchase. The biamping in theory makes sense I am just not sure if the extra $$$ is worth it. There is approx a $1500 difference bewtween the single amps and the biamps. Any comments and opinions?