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In Reply to: RE: Reference 3A De Capo...N/T posted by Mick Wolfe on March 26, 2014 at 10:10:25
Hihi,
Thanks everyone for your input. Yes, my amps only put out 18 watts. I guess the standmounts should sound big...ie...large image, smooth and unetched and sorta detailed. Is there such an animal in a standmount in my price range? Anyway, wanna avoid thin sounded speakers that makes a guitar sound like a ukelele, sax sound like clarinet and a person singing look as though he/she is 3 feet tall. I guess should be easy to drive since I will probably not be changing amplification or even my source.
How about evolution acoustic micro one...devore 3xl...harbeth p3esr...reference 3a de capo...merlin tsm or any of the speakers mentioned so far in this thread. With my current source and amplification...which of the speakers mentioned above would work well?
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pc123v:
As much as I'd love to sell you the Evolution Acoustics MicroOnes I have for sale on this board, I don't think 18W is enough to adequately drive them. They were fine with a 95W/channel solid state amp, but I'm now using a Line Magnetic 211ia, which is an EL34-based amp, putting out 32W/channel in ultralinear mode, and it was not a happy match with the Evos. It was like the bass had disappeared into an amorphous mess. I also have Merlin TSM-MMMs, which are a much better match for the 211.
-Mike
Well, without hauling all the candidates into your listening room, we can only speculate.....but on paper, I still vote for the DeCapo. 92 db efficient, a simple x-over and a fairly large 7"or 8" mid/woofer. When I've heard 3A's in the past, they've always cheated to the warm side. That 7 or 8 inch mid/woofer should help the "big" factor in your equation as well.
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