Location: Nottingham
Posts: 377
I'm Richard.
I do have an interest as the importer but I'd recommend that you try to hear some Heco Direkts. With a sensitivity of 95 dB/W and presenting a benign load they can work very well with low powered, high quality amplifiers.
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 377
I'm Richard.
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 377
I'm Richard.
please richard , pop up to brum and listen to some verity audio speakers , they would definately be LV alternatives . they are not hugely common but they are in the same ilk . not quite as sensitive but i have had a few amps on them with good results leben 30w and grandinote 37 w
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Eric Bibb
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 80
I'm Matthew.
When I moved house, I brought my living voice with me and my room went from circa 30 cubic metres to a larger one at about the times that volume. The living voice were lost in there.
I moved to some cadence amaya, which are far, far better imo. 91db, but quite rare and a visually acquired taste! Apart from the amaya, the smaller anina is excellent too.
If you fancy something visually similar to living voice, then the Devore range is superb. Again, though, quite rarely seen.
Location: Tring, Hertfordshire, UK
Posts: 31
I'm David.
I was in the same boat having LVs for 10 plus years and whilst having a fair few guest speakers i always returned to the LVs. I did however find that some horn designs i tried gave a very nice more live and real presentation than the LVs but usually with some trade off somewhere along the line. Impulse H2s were nice but could sound a tad ragged at times. Anyhoo long story demoed a pair of Avantgarde Horns and that was it for me. They did all the nice things the LVs did and then some especially in the Dynamics department. I am using them in a not so big room but they seem tolerant. Highly sensitive to associated equipment. They are also highly tweakable.
A definite step up from the LVs IMHO
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 377
I'm Richard.
Thanks Matthew, my listening room is about 48 cubic metres & the LV's are about right in it. Just looking for a tad more openness in the treble & hopefully a bit larger sound stage. I saw your Amayas, they are intriguing, but the aesthetics are indeed a taste thing. GLWS. I had looked Fidelity Gibbons in the past but kept with the LV.
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 377
I'm Richard.
Cheers David. I've listened to a couple of horn based speakers & found that they can be a bit too forward in the treble for me. I've just been demoing the horns Mummy which were good in that department but the bass seemed 'one- notey' in my room and lower mids lacked drive. Maybe the Avant Gardes would prove different.