In Reply to: High efficiency loudspeaker options posted by Budrew on May 15, 2020 at 14:26:12:
not sure if 92db is high enough efficiency for your needs?I drive them with a 25wpc OTL Tube Amp (Transcendent Sound T8-LN) and the sound is mesmerizing, musical, plenty of deep bass when called for, and I regularly listen for 10 hours straight with ZERO listening fatigue.
The DeCapos I's are a 2 way and have no crossover, just a cap to block lows from the tweeter.
So no energy lost to heat as with a passive crossover.
And given that the OTL tube amp has no output transformer, there is nothing coloring the sound between the electrons and the speaker drivers
(unless you believe in the sound of cables and connectors, which I do not).The mid-bass driver rolls off naturally...
Talk about breathtaking immediacy... It almost seems there are no electronics anywhere in the signal path!
Edits: 05/20/20
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- I rave about my 92db Reference3A DeCapo I - LtMandella 11:18:33 05/20/20 (4)
- Reference 3A Speakers! - thetubeguy1954 13:03:40 05/20/20 (3)
- RE: DeCapos - LtMandella 14:32:43 05/20/20 (2)
- RE: DeCapos - thetubeguy1954 17:08:52 05/20/20 (1)
- RE: tubes and speakers - LtMandella 18:12:51 05/20/20 (0)