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In Reply to: RE: Standmount recommendation ...up to $4,000 posted by pc123v on March 25, 2014 at 20:45:16
Audio Note K/Spe $3700.
My favorite standmount speaker in the early 2000s was the Reference 3a MM De Capo and was the speaker I was planning to buy until I auditioned the K/Spe. I hated the fact that I liked it better because it was so damn ugly in comparison. Fortunately now they have nicer cabinets but...
Since you mainly listen to jazz and acoustic instruments this is a wonderful acoustic suspension speaker and only needs 5 watts to belt it out. You can position them right up against the wall - giving you much more space in your room. The K is great at telling you what gear you have connected. You can hear them sound warm and thick or transparent and lean depending what gear you put in front of them. I had them on Sugden'a A21a, Arcam Delta 290, and I've tried them with Bryston, Rotel, Odyssey, Musical Fidelity, ARC, Sim Audio, Audio Refinement's "Complete", and Audio Note's own tube amps OTO, Jinro, Meishu, and I-Zero.
Very different presentations from the shrieking toxic bright in your face to the other end of the spectrum where voices have a cupped hands quality and it's like listening to a whole other different speaker. I found this to not be so much the case with the De Capo where the dealer had several amps and it more or less sounded the same or I should say "less different" with the different gear.
The K being acoustic suspension doesn't have particularly deep bass (a bit better than the Reference 3a MM De Capo) however (solid 40hz in room or around that), better near the wall or corner(40hz) . The AN J - which I own - will get you under 30hz.
Lastly - don't discount floorstanders - standmounts often take up the same footprint as a floorstand which are often floorstanders with the stand attached if you get my meaning.
I will also dissent from the other views - if your tube amplifier has a robust power supply - ATC and Harbeth will not be a problem. The ATC classic dealer in Hong Kong has the SCM 100s connected up to my 24watt SET amplifier - and my amp has absolutely no trouble driving the speaker to level with deep controlled bass. Still the De Capo is easier to drive - the K/Spe is even easier than the De Capo. The J/LX is real good though if you can go a bit of the $4k.
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Hi RGA and Everyone,
Thank you so much for taking the time to recommend...really appreciate it guys. I am sticking with standmounts this time around because I do not wish to overpower/overload the room. By "big sound" I actually mean "image size". I don't mean overblown. Just large enough to fool me that it could be close to the real thing?
My room is a little smaller than yours and I have floor speakers that work great in the room....a little time with placement and tuning goes a long way. My room is 11x14x9. Also in many cases larger speakers are a little more efficient than stand mounted speakers.
Lance
I did not factor the amp in my previous recommendation.
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