BrianRostron said:
I have JBL L100's at home, not the classic US ones but Danish built in the late 90's. (similar the the ATC's in some ways, 3 way design with 12" low range driver) Not the last word in Hi Fi perhaps but a very good listen nonetheless.
The demo used ATC's own pre-amp, we listened to Pixies, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Underworld, Bowie and so on. I understand your comments regarding what I am used to, but these realy did sound like they had almost no bass, I was really supprised. Could be the small demo room, but would this make such a dramatic difference?
Perhaps these are just not the speakers for me? I am open to suggestions, with a budget of 10 to 15k for speakers and amplification.
Tannoy DC10's look interesting, maybe Triangle Cello's? About the best thing I have heard recently were some PMC PB1i's, they sounded good but those little drivers looked like they were working realy hard!
If you liked the PB1i's why not go for them
, Don't be worried about the twin bass driver movement they are designed to allow a very large excursion and have very high power handling .
The drivers may look small but the four bass drivers driving into two 3.5 meter transmission lines pack a serious punch down to a solid 24 Hz with real speed and power but retaining the natural texture and tone of bass instruments , you can actually feel the bass just like you can when listening to live music , they really do move air in conjunction with the transmission line output that exits in phase with the bass drivers .
For amplification and I may be a little biased
Try a pair of Electrocompaniet AW180 monoblocks controlled by an EC4.7 preamp this combination will drive the PB1i's to live music SPL's but sound equally as good a low listening level with a proportionate amount of bass no matter how much you turn it up or down .
This system is capable of playing real live sounding music effortlessly .
Here is some info on the amps if you are not familiar with them .
http://www.audiodestination.co.uk/amplifiers/electrocompaniet-aw-180-m-mono-power-amplifier-each
http://www.audiodestination.co.uk/amplifiers/electrocompaniet-ec-4-7-preamplifier
And the full range .
http://www.audiodestination.co.uk/amplifiers
http://www.electrocompaniet.no/products/classic/poweramp/