In Reply to: Making the move to high efficiency seems impossible... posted by PranaBindu on March 21, 2012 at 13:29:58:
from the usual sources. That is the nature of genuine high efficiency systems. They ares pretty far left of centre and not appealing to a wide portion of the audio equipment buying market. Many polarise opinion, though this is not purely a function of being high efficiency or horn. Most of us have to invest effort as well as $$$ to obtain a suitable quality high efficiency system.I really don't know what readily-available high efficiency speakers to suggest. When I was looking about 9 months ago I found very few I would opt for... Sonist? Pi? Maybe Tannoy (if you have lowish impedance amps)? Zu would not float my boat, but may suit you?
I ended up coordinating a custom design and build, which should arrive any day now... Some learning, (actually, lots of threads and a few articles read over the course of a few years to help me understand the inherent strengths and compromises of various approaches), a leap of faith and ~$6K5+ was all it took.
Cheers.
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." Shunryo Suzuki
Edits: 03/22/12
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Follow Ups
- Lots out there, but not many... - RC Daniel 04:20:41 03/22/12 (3)
- Sounds like a lot of work... - PranaBindu 07:56:15 03/22/12 (2)
- Oh, and thanks for your kind wishes. - RC Daniel 02:23:53 03/25/12 (0)
- OT: I like your tag line. nt. - RC Daniel 13:28:59 03/22/12 (0)