High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more

I believe between the Audiokinesis speakers, Audio Note (great idea to go back to Audio Federation), and maybe Tonian (equivocation due to not having heard them) you might have a nice solution.

I'll toss another into the mix...used Altec Model 19 or Altec 14 (which Duke has recommended in several threads throughout the years).

I'll check them out. Thanks!

Mmike84, having long ago auditioned the AudioNote SEs and having heard them sound wonderful in Peter Qvortrup's home earlier, especially in conveying the emotions of the music, I must say there is a major issue of setting them up properly. At shows, where Peter sets them up, they are always in the room corners and substantially toed in. In Peter's listening room they were not so carefully placed and not in the corners. In my room they were away from the rear wall and side walls, and I could not get anywhere near with the sounds I had previously heard.

At the last THE Show, the Audio Federation room did not sound very good until the last days and Peter's alignment.

Mapman, driving a speaker with a class D amp does not mean that you get the liveliness and emotive capability that high-efficiency speakers seem to bring. The point of HE is more than just drivability. And, while in general ICE, Tripath, and other chip amps are VERY good for the money they are still missing some of what SETs do. IME.

...while in general ICE, Tripath, and other chip amps are VERY good for the money they are still missing some of what SETs do. IME.
Paulfolbrecht (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers)

Agreed.