too strong? Nah, just too busy here.
I wish I would have tried this stuff years ago. It is tough to switch directions now that I have my speaker system pretty well dialed in for great sound, but they are inefficient and need lots of power to sound their best.
There is a 50 watt amp I would like to try but it wouldn't stand a chance with my speakers. The amps I have are 90+ percent of the way to nirvana but just falling short in one area. Since I already own the speakers, trying different amps until I find something better may still be the easiest direction for me. Problem is, I have tried several pretty good amps and the amps I own now are better than all of the others I have tried, and I don't want to spend a fortune trying high powered amps. One recent change I made is to try going DAC-direct, first with the Metrum Jade I recently purchased for a second system and then just this week with Metrum's flagship Adagio I purchased after hearing the Jade. The Adagio has been warming up for a couple of days and I will get to listen to my system without my preamp this weekend.
I was hoping to see some recommendations in this thread for relatively high sensitivity speakers (like 95dB +) that can be driven hard with 50 wpc and that display tonal density, strong dynamics, and a natural sound without added edginess, shrillness, honking, or other issues sometimes reported with horns and other really high efficiency speakers. I think there are a few of those types of speakers mentioned here that would be worth hearing, but I am not convinced Klipsch speakers meet all of those goals....although there is an interesting pair of Belle Klipsch speakers that were recently listed for sale. I need to go to show where I can hear some different high efficiency speakers.
I wish I would have tried this stuff years ago. It is tough to switch directions now that I have my speaker system pretty well dialed in for great sound, but they are inefficient and need lots of power to sound their best.
There is a 50 watt amp I would like to try but it wouldn't stand a chance with my speakers. The amps I have are 90+ percent of the way to nirvana but just falling short in one area. Since I already own the speakers, trying different amps until I find something better may still be the easiest direction for me. Problem is, I have tried several pretty good amps and the amps I own now are better than all of the others I have tried, and I don't want to spend a fortune trying high powered amps. One recent change I made is to try going DAC-direct, first with the Metrum Jade I recently purchased for a second system and then just this week with Metrum's flagship Adagio I purchased after hearing the Jade. The Adagio has been warming up for a couple of days and I will get to listen to my system without my preamp this weekend.
I was hoping to see some recommendations in this thread for relatively high sensitivity speakers (like 95dB +) that can be driven hard with 50 wpc and that display tonal density, strong dynamics, and a natural sound without added edginess, shrillness, honking, or other issues sometimes reported with horns and other really high efficiency speakers. I think there are a few of those types of speakers mentioned here that would be worth hearing, but I am not convinced Klipsch speakers meet all of those goals....although there is an interesting pair of Belle Klipsch speakers that were recently listed for sale. I need to go to show where I can hear some different high efficiency speakers.