@tonnesen
You will not be disappointed if you go for the Songer speakers!
I rotated my Wilson Benesch Resolutions into service recently, they are superb speakers by all accounts. However, I found myself losing interest after a relatively short time and returned to the Songers. I never get of tired listening to them! Might be time to consider selling the Resolutions...
That sounds like a good strategy, use your current amps until you're ready to jump to magical 300b's. I believe the S1x's are best matched with tube amps, however your amps are both terrific and should sound excellent until you're ready to upgrade.
I experienced the A3 amplifier for the first time at CAF and kicked myself for rushing to buy the Airtight instead of waiting for the A3! The Airtight is a superb amp, and matches wonderfully with the Songers, but the A3 is truly special. It is absolutely gorgeous, a terrific aesthetic match for the speakers. I believe that it's designed to be sonically optimized for the Songers as well. This was definitely apparent at CAF, the S1x/A3 combo was truly outstanding.
I only use the Tambaqui's volume control for trimming at low volumes and typically operate it at 0db or down only a few db. I have a conrad-johnson preamp that is the main volume control (more tubes!)
What speakers are you currently using?
Songer Audio: Simple is Best!
I have been an avid audiophile for decades. I own a large collection of high end gear that I use in multiple rooms, frequently rotate, and listen to constantly. I attend AXPONA and CAF perennially and regularly visit audiophile friends to experience their systems. I’m really into music and audio!
My long audio journey has brought through my system many different speaker configurations, including multi-driver box speakers (B&W, McIntosh, Raidho, YG, Wilson Benesch), panels (MartinLogan, Magnapan, TSW Apogees), omnis (MBL), horns (OMA), open baffles (PureAudioProject, Linkwitz, Cube), various subs (MartinLogan, JL, Linkwitz), full rangers (DIY, Voxativ, Cube, and Songer). I’ve experienced myriad tube and solid state configurations as well as most analog and digital source types. Additionally, I’ve experimented with numerous DSP and analog processing devices including some state-of-the-art components.
My ultimate litmus test is my long-term engagement. No matter how sophisticated, resolving, acclaimed, or expensive a speaker or system may be, if I find myself disengaged, distracted, or just bored, then I will move on from it. I have found that the systems and speakers that hold my attention most are typically the simplest. I tend to increasingly gravitate to simplicity.
The Songer S1x speakers are both the simplest and the best speakers I’ve ever owned. Source to the minimalist conrad-johnson preamp to a magnificent AirTight 300b amp to the single-driver, full-range, field-coil, Songer S1x speakers is a truly magical combination. These speakers are my favorite that I’ve owned (preferable to even my significantly more expensive and sophisticated Wilson Benesch Resolutions which are otherwise superb speakers). They hold their own to anything I’ve heard at shows.
The Songers have bass that should be impossible from a single driver and a 9 watt amplifier! The resolution is superb, the stage is huge, the dynamics are excellent, they are the epitome of musical and natural, and I could listen to them for hours at a time without ever losing interest. Every time I rotate in one of my other speakers, I quickly gravitate back to the Songers.
I credit this incredible accomplishment to Ken Songer’s magnificent driver design, no crossover, the field-coil motor, a superb cabinet, high efficiency, and the perfect point source single full range driver.
At $45,000 a pair, the Songers may be one of the greatest bargains in high-end audio. They’re in that rarified club with the world’s truly great speakers.
If you’re attending CAF, the Songers are a must listen. If you’re in the $50k price range for speakers, contact Songer and arrange a demo. You will not be disappointed!
One more thing….since purchasing my Songers, I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know Ken Songer. On top of being a brilliant designer and a master craftsman, Ken is also one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in the audio world. I do not consider myself to be his “customer”, I consider myself to be a proud patron of his art!
(This is my current system configuration. It’s a temporary set up. I’m in the process of building new equipment racks and tweaking my cable configurations.)
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I have speakers set up in two different rooms, YG Hailey 3, and PAP Trio with the Coax10. Looks like we have tried some of the same speakers. I've also had the Sonus Faber Amati and Electa Amator III. Yes, selling some of the old speakers and amps is probably a good idea, I need to do that too. There is a used Airtight 300B currently listed, which would be much more affordable then Ken's A3. A benefit of the Songer A3 is that it is an integrated amp and doesn't need the preamp. And there is also the Treehaus 300B which is similar to the Songer A3, but the Trehaus would also need a separate preamp. Guess I'll wait and see how the SS amps sound.
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@audionutjeff - on a tangent, at the beginning you mentioned “I’m in the process of building new equipment racks …...” How is that going? I am about to embark on a similar project and wonder if you have any advice? I plan to use butcher block, so it’s the joints & mounts I am trying to figure out. |
$45000???? Songer sounds like a very greedy doughboy for a guy who makes very simple speakers for simpletons in his garage... What rarified club is this?? Honey, its all in your head and Songer's head, there is no such club ok? If there is one, it has a healthy membership count of 2...you and him...1, 2...
Did Ken Songer pay you anything yet for this promo writeup? If he didn't, he better pay you immediately. You have worked hard on this writeup.
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