When speakers almost sound like the instruments

Yes Bondmanp, thanks, the Mirage OMD 28's do not respond to just any obvious choice in electronics. I found that out. I had to go through 3 amps to get there, but the right quality preamp seem to do the trick.

We all take different paths to that goal of dialing in our speakers. What drew me to my present set was the fact that they sounded so much like instruments from the very beginning. A change of amps, CDP and wires along the way just helped to heighten the effect.

I guess (after writing the above) that some speakers are almost there to begin with while others need a little more help or it was just serendipity or dumb luck that I happened upon mine.

As long as you're there, enjoy.

All the best,
Nonoise

Have to agree here with Chayro. I too, like Foster 9, bought a Joule Electra LA 150 Mk2, and it transformed my system (had a CJ PV-5 previously).Deeper and wider soundstage, much better bass,and just enjoyed my system much more after inserting the Joule into the chain.

In my experence the larger speakers sound most like real instruments. The body/dynamics of many instruments just are not large enough on small speakers. The laws physics of make most speakers sound like miniture recreations of the event. This is fine but real life instruments have resonances and tonal charteristics much better served by larger transducers. I have just added Tannoy Westminsters Royals to my system and they sound the most true to life I have experenced. They may not be your cup of tea but try to audition some horn type speakers preferably with tube electronics. It is at least a learning experence worth a few minutes of your time. Hope this is of help if I understood your posted question.

Mark
Tubeking

Mark, it's interesting, there was a minority theory out of Europe a few years back that said that accurate reproduction of an instrument had to do with the surface loudness of the instrument as it relates to the surface loudness of the loudspeaker reproducing it.

In simpler words, the sound board of a piano is very large so the propogating surface of sound is large and a point on that sound board will have lower surface loudness. A comparable speaker would have a large driver and a large cabinet, or motor board. Now a violin has a small radiating surface and so it has greater surface loudness. So a small speaker in a cabinet with a small motor board is called for.

It's an intrigueing theory, and I have no real take on how accurate it is, I play everything through large, horn, speakers. But I love the theory behind the hobby and this one seems to stick in my mind.