Tube Friendly Speakers - Down to 30Hz - $3000?

I've been using Coincident Super Eclipse II's for 5 years or so with Welborne Labs Laurel IIx (300B - 8 watts) in a small room. I run silver interconnects and speaker cables. The front end is a Ric Shultz modified Sony XA777ES SACD player and I have a BAT VK50SE preamp.

I personally think the top end (the Revelator tweeter) is not as extended as more modern tweeters (e.g. Ring Radiator, diamond domes) and the sound doesn't feel "tipped up" in my room.

I also like the Merlins a lot but they won't be happy with my amps.

Regards,

Silverline Sonata III is at the top of my list. The Coincident Super Eclipse III were under strong consideration, but I received too many conflicting viewpoints regarding their power requirements to make me comfortable.

Sbank, what kind of music do you listen to, and at what volume?

Could you please rehash why you ruled out the Druid's? You might have information that would be helpful to other members.

thanx

09-19-06: Pawlowski6132
Could you please rehash why you ruled out the Druid's?

I have heard them on five different occasions, and I do not care for their sound. Personal preference.

Pray Allah, please don't let this thread become a discussion of Zu loudspeakers...

:)

To follow up on a prior post, I was using Living Voice Avatars which would fit your needs and am collecting a pair of Acoustic Zen Adagios tomorrow. They were VERY impressive on demo, dynamic, accurate rich tone, almost nothing to criticise. At 89db they should'nt be able to cope with a SET, but an 18watt SET used at the demo seemed to cope very well. Thats probably down to the benign impedence. They look good and are of a room friendly size