Hello Glenn,
I owned the OBX-RW (mkll) and drove it with a 8 WPC Border Patrol amplifier. It was very nice but Kevin Scott the inventor of the 25 year old plus design recommends 20 WPC at a minimum. Gary Dews of BP, the US Distributor, drives them with either an 18 WPC SET or 20 WPC PP amplifier he designs. Speaker load ratings are deceiving depending on many factors.
Later I drove them with a 45 WPC Jadis SET amplifier and it literally woke the speaker up with much better control and extension.
They are a wonderfully refined musical speaker......a listen to for hours-years speaker but doubt they are for rock and roll but I never tried it.
Set up out into the room they also image wonderfully. Small to medium sized rooms work best for them. My room was 15 X 20 and they breathed fine.
I only sold mine because I desired a fuller range speaker since they were limited in bass to 35 HZ. Otherwise, with proper amplification, and I don't think 8 WPC is doing them justice, they are voiced beautifully. If I were a two speaker in the house lover this one would have been it.
The OBX-RW is now in Mk. lll revision with some cabinet and crossover modifications. No idea on them but Gary Dews knows the speaker well and would be able to confirm the sound and changes if this is the model you desire but understand the auditorium line has several models.
Gwalt
I owned the OBX-RW (mkll) and drove it with a 8 WPC Border Patrol amplifier. It was very nice but Kevin Scott the inventor of the 25 year old plus design recommends 20 WPC at a minimum. Gary Dews of BP, the US Distributor, drives them with either an 18 WPC SET or 20 WPC PP amplifier he designs. Speaker load ratings are deceiving depending on many factors.
Later I drove them with a 45 WPC Jadis SET amplifier and it literally woke the speaker up with much better control and extension.
They are a wonderfully refined musical speaker......a listen to for hours-years speaker but doubt they are for rock and roll but I never tried it.
Set up out into the room they also image wonderfully. Small to medium sized rooms work best for them. My room was 15 X 20 and they breathed fine.
I only sold mine because I desired a fuller range speaker since they were limited in bass to 35 HZ. Otherwise, with proper amplification, and I don't think 8 WPC is doing them justice, they are voiced beautifully. If I were a two speaker in the house lover this one would have been it.
The OBX-RW is now in Mk. lll revision with some cabinet and crossover modifications. No idea on them but Gary Dews knows the speaker well and would be able to confirm the sound and changes if this is the model you desire but understand the auditorium line has several models.
Gwalt