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Don't think I'm crazy but...

I think I am wanting to replace my Thiels. I have the CS2.3's in a system I recently purchased a few months back. I started out with a set of B&K Sonatas driving them and kept blowing fuses/running out of power. My buddy talked me into buying as he puts it "more balls" so I bought a Bryston 14B SST which came rated at 969 watts pc @ 4 ohms on the run off sheet. Plenty right. Well I still don't think my system is "loud" enough. My other components for refernce are a Denon 2900 SACD player and a Denon AVR 3805 which I use to drive my other Paradigm speakers (I think the center channel is a cc570 or something). My room is big (35x25x8) which doesn't help I'm sure. Anyway someone else told me I need to be looking for more effecient speakers like say in the upper 90 or around 100 db's not more power. Any thoughts or recommendations? Sorry I'm just getting tired of throwing my money away. The Bryston guy told me I could drive anything with that amp but I've had it clipping out if I'm not careful. I guess I'm sort of deaf, wonder why eh?
kalkid
mstram
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If you like the Thiel sound, you will need one of the larger models to fill out such a large space. I would look at the CS6 or CS7.2. You could find the CS6 for under $5K used, but shipping will be a big pain and expensive. You will then need some serious amplification to drive these beasts. Mono blocks might be the best way to go (of course, with seperate dedicated (20amp minimum) circuits. It will require extremely gutsy amplification with the amp(s) capable of high current. I'm talking Krell, Levinson, Pass, or Rowland, to name a few. I auditioned the CS6s w/ Musical Fidelity's kW500 which sounded very nice except the dealer's room was too small for those speakers.

Good luck.
fbi
92 posts
 
~~~~That is a big room. If you want more volume you have to move more air, be it more driver movement or larger drivers. Both have a trade off in accuracy. The Infinity RS1's in my set up allow a large volume of air to be exited with speed.

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aball
1,994 posts
 
Higher efficiency will definately help your problem. I use JM Lab Electra 926s which use WAY less power than my previous Paradigm Reference 100.2s. My McIntosh meters never read more than 50W even when I have it really loud. At that same SPL, the Paradigms used 150W+. Look into Electra 936 or 946. They have clean clear sound like Thiels but more musical in general. Good luck!
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