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In Reply to: RE: Acoustat (Spectra 22) Tweeks! (long) posted by Sondek on October 28, 2015 at 08:08:04
Thanks for the info Mike!
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I bought my Acoustat 2+2 new, they have the medalions, for many years I hated them, took big amps to get any kind of output from them, sound was dead, no life in them at all, no matter what amps I used on them, they spent 3/4's of thier life penned up in storage while I listened to my Infinitys and Apogee's. The average room size I placed them in was approx 15'w by 19'l and smaller.
I moved and bought a big school, huge rooms, 25x33' 10'3" cielings, I set the 2+2's up in one of them, I found out quickly what the problem was, THOSE speakers NEED room to BREATHE!!!!, takes 1/4 the power to achieve same volume of a small room, the whole freq range comes to life without beaming and smothered to death! crystal clear vocals, beautifull soundstage. You have't heard an Acoustat till it's set free and allowed to breathe. They will perform right up there with the best, just don't choke them to death. :) I have them now in a 33'by 80' room , and it's a no holds barred in performance. My Apogee's can't even compete with them.
Interesting , I have my Spectra's in a smallish 12 X16 man cave with 7 1/2 foot ceiling In a nearfield setup. Great sounding setup. Of course the 2+2 are a different animal with 4 panels per side and a true floor to ceiling line array. I can see them needing much more breathing room. Not surprised that you like them now, Acoustats definitely take a lot of effort to optimize but when you do they can provide superb preformance.
That's mighty high praise for them. The gentleman I bought my Monitor IVs from had his Acoustats set up in a room that was 30' X 45' (or there about). He was driving ten to twelve panels per side with two servos per side. It was very, very impressive. I have my IVs in a room that's 15x19x10. They sound awful damned good in near-field too. Wish I could hear your setup.
One of my best sounding systems was using Spectra 2200s from 100Hz and up and using Spectra 4400s as gigantic subwoofers. I used an Accuphase F25 active xover and two KR Audio VA350i SET amps to drive them both. The power of big Acoustats in the bass cannot be beat in my experience.
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