cavedriver
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I'm looking at them to replace my recently acquired Lintons in my library. I currently have a Hypex amp driving them but have a number of tube amps on their way (a Scott 296, a Willsenton R8, potentially a 300B) that I want to be able to pair some 91+ dB speakers. If I buy the SP10's it will prevent the use of straight up 300B amp with about 8 W, so that will have to happen in another room. I have been working on hearing other high-efficiency speakers but may abort that effort if I can find a more powerful tube amp and speaker pairing that gets close enough to the benefits of the 300B sound I am familiar with without some of the negatives. I was interested in your comments about the O/96's because they are on my list. I'll add that the AN's that I heard at the Capital Audiofest sounded tight and controlled, at least tighter than my (admittedly not great) old Snell E/III's, but at the same time the AN's weren't wowing me with their soundstage size.Are any members here actually interested in the Mo-Fi Source Point 10, eyeing them as a possible purchase (waiting to see if they meet the hype)?
To further the discussion maybe folks that are serious that are also trying to be consistent in budget across their choices should list the speakers and prices that would be the competitors to these. Certainly the DeVore O/96's at ~$13k a pair are not cost competitors.