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

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

Well, let me tell you what I think about the Zu Druids...

Just kidding. Thanx

;^)

I just bought the lower end Omegas which don't meet your frequency threshold requirements but, I'd venture to guess their larger brothers might come close. Ever consider that line or Reference 3a?

Tvad,
long and interesting thread for such a straightforward question. Just about every speaker I could think of has been listed but I would make a few comments.

first I agreee with several posters that if 15w (likely SET) is your foundation, stick with a slightly more limited FR or supplement the LF. Everyone always gets all worked up about showing all the different ways 8wts can "bring down the house" the fact is that there is a difference between making sound at certain frequencies and making full range music. Don't misread, I am a huge low power amp fan, i just like to keep them within thier limitations. All speakers, even 100db, are happier in the low end being actually driven with power and a high dampening factor. Read Srajan's comments when he hooked his Zu's up to 60w pp. Sure he lost the magic to some degree, but the foundation to the music returns.His in room frequency response probably did not change at all.
I would stick with getting the most through proper room gain from a great two way with 15 watts.

As for the death of high end in the USA. Two words: China and Audiogon. And I am as guilty as everyone else. But that is a different topic.

Tvad, I listen to everything from rock to jazz to full orchestral, mostly vinyl.
Although I don't listen very loud most of the time, (i.e. ~80-85db), my impressions of the Coincidents are based on hearing them at Trelja's home, at dealers and shows.
Trelja has tried them w/numerous amps including Atma-Sphere M-60s, Granite monoblocks and Jadis integrated. I suggest you email him for a very informed opionion on the Coincidents.
Low power and 30hz bass aren't mutally exclusive, but not all that common either. I agree w/the other posters that you might have to sacrifice something or adapt your parameters a bit to get what you're after. Cheers,
Spencer

I would stick with getting the most through proper room gain from a great two way with 15 watts.

Petland (Threads | Answers)

For example?

Low power and 30hz bass aren't mutally exclusive, but not all that common either.
Spencer
Sbank (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers)

Agreed. The Sonata III and Super Eclipse III are two options in a very, very small field.