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In Reply to: RE: Forget about most box speakers. posted by Abel McCain on July 03, 2009 at 03:04:28
Point taken Abel. The Reynaud's are pretty happy fit size wise in this room I think. I have listened to them in a room that was just 3ft. longer and that was a more comfortable distance but the room had all sorts of other problems that made the size of less of an issue. This room is much better balanced mostly because it's construction is more solid(thick old lathe and plaster walls,hardwood floors,stiffer floor joists).
My main issue is not the size of the Reynauds it's the slight veiling that they impart to pretty much every thing. That and the fact that my new amp, while it is great, has a richer more full sound that the previous Audiomat did not. This leads to some music having a thicker fuller bass than I would ideally like. Now maybe this is more of an amp issue but I think keeping the amp(it is more open in the mids and highs) and reaching for a speaker that suits its strenghts is the way I want to go.
I think from what I'm hearing about the Duets they might be a really superb match, keeping those qualities witch I love about Reynaud's yet giving a faster, cleaner, more open,more authoritative sound.
I guess that leaves the Duets,Harbeth(when it does arrive at my dealer), the Devore, or the Odeons. My only concern is that with the Odeons that the size of the room may well become more of an issue. The horns that I've heard(BIG Zingalli's and Klipsch) seem to need more distance between the listener and the speaker.
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