@knik
What type of music do you mostly listen to, and at what levels?
i have D9s in an almost similar size room driven by a big Pass 250.8 (purchased for my previous less efficient speakers) and love the sound but have been tempted to get something smaller. I listen to mostly folk and rock at avg 80 dbC and the Pass bias needle has never moved. I was wondering about a 30.8 and had never considered the XA-25. I do use a balanced dac and preamp though so going single ended would be a pain for me. That sounds like any interesting pair though and makes me think I can likely get away with much less power since the Spendors are efficient and very easy to drive.
What type of music do you mostly listen to, and at what levels?
i have D9s in an almost similar size room driven by a big Pass 250.8 (purchased for my previous less efficient speakers) and love the sound but have been tempted to get something smaller. I listen to mostly folk and rock at avg 80 dbC and the Pass bias needle has never moved. I was wondering about a 30.8 and had never considered the XA-25. I do use a balanced dac and preamp though so going single ended would be a pain for me. That sounds like any interesting pair though and makes me think I can likely get away with much less power since the Spendors are efficient and very easy to drive.