Coda II
getting there slowly
Lots of useful insight above, thank you.
Just to take two not very efficient speakers as a starting point:
The Harbeth P3ESR and M30 or in studio guise M20 and M30. The 30 is a bigger box with a bigger bass/mid and slightly higher quoted efficiency 85 vs 83 dB/W or thereabouts. Similar impedance and similarly designed to be an easy load.
So in the near field in a smallish room on the end of a low power valve amp how would they compare?
The 30 would go lower and play louder if required, but what else would be expected, are there ways in which the smaller, less efficient speaker would be better?
[For context, currently listening to JR149s with Sugden ANV50 in a room 4.5 x 8m and not near field at all, almost the other end of the room, sounds good to me.]
Just to take two not very efficient speakers as a starting point:
The Harbeth P3ESR and M30 or in studio guise M20 and M30. The 30 is a bigger box with a bigger bass/mid and slightly higher quoted efficiency 85 vs 83 dB/W or thereabouts. Similar impedance and similarly designed to be an easy load.
So in the near field in a smallish room on the end of a low power valve amp how would they compare?
The 30 would go lower and play louder if required, but what else would be expected, are there ways in which the smaller, less efficient speaker would be better?
[For context, currently listening to JR149s with Sugden ANV50 in a room 4.5 x 8m and not near field at all, almost the other end of the room, sounds good to me.]