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In Reply to: Suggest speakers for AB Amp in small room posted by Dunkenstein on January 11, 2023 at 07:39:45:
Some loudspeakers with low-ish sensitivity (SPL out per power in) are "easy loads" for an amplifier to drive.
Choice of music, listening geometry (e.g., nearfield, as at a desk), and expectations also play big roles.
Working against you (the OP, that is) is the modern fashion in passive loudspeakers to make them hard to drive -- correcting the non-idealities of individual drivers with complicated and inefficient crossover networks. :(
Unfortunately, my experience is highly biased towards 'vintage' loudspeakers, so I may not be of much help.
There are easy to drive modern loudspeakers, but they tend to be very (no pun intended) polarizing! ;) For example, there are designs and kits using Fostex "fullrange" drivers that can do well on a few watts, and there are commercial loudspeakers (small and large) from companies like Tekton, Omega, and DeVore that may fit the bill (or may not)!There are myriad small 'vintage' choices from companies like ads/Braun, Electrovoice, EPI/Epicure -- but I presume the OP's not interested in nostalgia ;)
My current personal favorite "affordable" small loudspeaker is Polk's R200 -- but they're not low-power-friendly, unfortunately.
Does this help at all?
all the best,
mrh
Edits: 01/14/23
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Follow Ups
- it's not just sensitivity per se - mhardy6647 09:09:53 01/14/23 (2)
- RE: it's not just sensitivity per se - Dunkenstein 09:13:37 01/14/23 (1)
- See if you can find a pair of ads L-710 - mhardy6647 16:58:07 01/14/23 (0)
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