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RE: High efficiency loudspeaker options

Posted by mnawaz3@aol.com on August 13, 2020 at 07:38:24:
in my experience, any horn system with mutiple drivers needs space to integrate. so i think this rules out volti and altec valencia and anything similar. for your room, tannoy dual concentric should work ( i would recommend 10" size) . alternatively, a 8" to 10" full range driver (full-range drivers tend to be efficient). b&c has a suitable driver that favors bass; tangband favors bass; typically, you will have to choose your preference.... you cant get both.

i am building a basement system in a room similar in size to yours. i am experimenting with jbl la-50. its a small line array (20" high) that uses (8) 2" full range drivers. supposedly 80hz to 20k.

by the way, i have a pair of harbeths compact 7. comparing a 50watt tube amp and 200watt tube amp on this speaker is night and day. so getting a more powerful amp might be another option. especially considering that harbeths tend to outperform most other speakers on tonal accuracy.