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Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!!

I am looking for speaker suggestions (new or used) in the $1000-$4000 range that sound good at low volume (45-50db).  I listen to mostly jazz and classical music late at night while everyone else is sleeping so the volume is low.  My current speakers are Vandy 2CE sigs and they sound good at higher volume levels but I listen most critically, at low volume and hope to do better.  My amp is a Classe CT-2300 with a Classe CP-800 preamp. I have a larger room 20ft X 20ft but seldom listen to music loud. Monitor of floor standing is fine.  

I understand the limitation of human hearing (Fletcher-Munson Curve) and also an appreciation of the synergy of speaker design, speaker placement and room effects.  Anyone out there have a speaker they like at low volume?

Thank you in advance.


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ctsooner
2,480 posts
 
if you are looking at can's, there are so many new entries and options.  I am into can's as well as CIEM's (best I've found are the Empire Ears).  The Hifi Man Sundara is a GREAT value for a few hundy....  I'm selling my Bocote Ori's as I am only using my EE CIEMs lol....

I'm with Tomic when it comes to your situation.  Any horn in that price range will probably fatigue your ears in no time and you won't be listening as much as you want to.  I have a lot of Asian friends from the headphone world who have fallen for the Vandy's as they play so well with the lower powered tubes they love to run and they sound awesome at lower levels compared to bookshelf speakers.  

I would say there are some others in that range and size that would probably fill the bill.  It's still all about being able to listen to a well balanced speaker.
audition__audio
1,304 posts
 
I find tube amps to be better than S.S. for sounding linear at low volumes. 
audition__audio
1,304 posts
 
I didnt read all of the responses, but you guys are missing the obvious which is the type of amp driving the speakers. To may way of thinking this is Audio 101.
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tomic601
12,744 posts
 
i didnt read any of the responses, get a FIRSTwatt
audition__audio
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I had a First Watt and sold it to a friend who used if for a time and then sold it and got Atma-sphere M60s . The improvement with the M-60s was significant. To be fair the M-60s also beat out my VAC Phi 200 and 2 300B SETs by a wide margin. 
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