RunOutGroove
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Ok... so I upgraded my system a bit recently, starting with these Elac Debut 6.2 speakers which I've really been liking. They sound to me worlds better than the 35 or so year old Mirage speakers that I was using, with their non-original and likely poorly matched replacement drivers. The Elacs sound both more solid with the bass and midrange and more detailed in the treble. The imaging is great too and I feel like a really hear into the music in a way that I never did with the old speakers.
The Elacs are better than my old speakers in every way... but one. It seems to me that my old speakers had the ability to go louder before the sound starts to get distorted. I only occasionally play my music really loud, but it is nice to be able to do so here and there. Anyway, I'm running everything with my old Marantz 2270, which I understand is a fairly powerful amp, but not anything like super powered and it seems that the Elacs with their 6 ohm rating as compared with the old speakers' 8 ohms and the fact that the old speakers were surely had a higher efficiency rating might mean that the amp is just working too hard to drive the speakers really loud without some distortion. I have no way of comparing but I suspect that hooked up to a more powerful amp that the Elacs will go a lot louder without distorting.
I probably won't be upgrading anytime soon, but I'm curious about what speaker would tick all of the boxes for me and that I might eventually upgrade my Elacs with? I like the character of the Elacs and the fact that they have the front facing port as the way that I have them set up (really the only way that makes sense for me to set them up in the room that I have them in) means that they are close to walls (I know, less than I deal, but they do seem to sound very good). I like the fact that these speakers seem to sound good for all kinds of music; they get all of the overtones of an upright bass but sound good for rock and roll too (I listen to just about every type of music). I of course want something that will pair well with my 2270 (I don't plan to get rid of this amp!) but something that as I said will be a bit more efficient (probably something in an 8 ohm?), that will sound great at very low as well as higher volumes. I'm looking for bookshelf speakers but they could still be a fair bit larger than the Elacs. Finally, I don't have a huge amount of money to throw at these things so they need to be fairly affordable. I'm thinking of in the neighborhood of $300 or so used or on sale price. I realize that this might sound pretty small to some of you and yet I got my Elacs for just $150 (and a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1s, that I use in another room that I also really like for just $100).
I keep hearing about these Klipsch RP 600m speakers, which I understand are more efficient (8 ohm, no?). I know that these are a more aggressive sounding speaker than my Elacs, but since the Marantz tends to have a bit mellower kind of sound maybe this makes the combo not too shrill/fatiguing sounding...?
The Elacs are better than my old speakers in every way... but one. It seems to me that my old speakers had the ability to go louder before the sound starts to get distorted. I only occasionally play my music really loud, but it is nice to be able to do so here and there. Anyway, I'm running everything with my old Marantz 2270, which I understand is a fairly powerful amp, but not anything like super powered and it seems that the Elacs with their 6 ohm rating as compared with the old speakers' 8 ohms and the fact that the old speakers were surely had a higher efficiency rating might mean that the amp is just working too hard to drive the speakers really loud without some distortion. I have no way of comparing but I suspect that hooked up to a more powerful amp that the Elacs will go a lot louder without distorting.
I probably won't be upgrading anytime soon, but I'm curious about what speaker would tick all of the boxes for me and that I might eventually upgrade my Elacs with? I like the character of the Elacs and the fact that they have the front facing port as the way that I have them set up (really the only way that makes sense for me to set them up in the room that I have them in) means that they are close to walls (I know, less than I deal, but they do seem to sound very good). I like the fact that these speakers seem to sound good for all kinds of music; they get all of the overtones of an upright bass but sound good for rock and roll too (I listen to just about every type of music). I of course want something that will pair well with my 2270 (I don't plan to get rid of this amp!) but something that as I said will be a bit more efficient (probably something in an 8 ohm?), that will sound great at very low as well as higher volumes. I'm looking for bookshelf speakers but they could still be a fair bit larger than the Elacs. Finally, I don't have a huge amount of money to throw at these things so they need to be fairly affordable. I'm thinking of in the neighborhood of $300 or so used or on sale price. I realize that this might sound pretty small to some of you and yet I got my Elacs for just $150 (and a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1s, that I use in another room that I also really like for just $100).
I keep hearing about these Klipsch RP 600m speakers, which I understand are more efficient (8 ohm, no?). I know that these are a more aggressive sounding speaker than my Elacs, but since the Marantz tends to have a bit mellower kind of sound maybe this makes the combo not too shrill/fatiguing sounding...?
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