Agree. Just doing thought experiments.But this isn't even relevant for OP which is listening at 66 dBa.
Agree. Just doing thought experiments.But this isn't even relevant for OP which is listening at 66 dBa.
I have the Kanta 2s and I'd say they are definetely not easy to drive speakers as their 91 dB claimed sensitivity would suggest. No multichannel AVR will be capable of bringing the best out of them. The impedance drops below 4 ohms between 80 and 180Hz, as low as 2.97 ohms at 105Hz and the electrical phase angle has an extremely high value between 70 and 90Hz, where the impedance magnitude is low.I like Focal Kanta's 2. I have heard them in a store off of a McIntosh 1200 amp which was 350 watts the 8 ohms. The speakers are 50-300 watts rating at 8 ohms. Right now I have a Yamaha AS-3200 which is only 100 watts at 8 ohms. Is that going to significantly under power the focals?
I looked at the wrong Yamaha amp, the S3200 may well be capable especially at low volume.How is it sub optimal if the amp turns out it isn't distorting or clipping?
I wouldn't change a very nice amp as the A-S3200 if there aren't any issues.
"Blind" listening tests will surely favor the GenelecsSell your amp and buy active speakers. For that kind of money you can get a pair of genelec 8361/8351or the upcoming Kii Seven. Way better.
Maybe, but he will then also need some subs and a more complex setup, and at 8m away I'd want to check speakers designed for near field listening in the room first - even at the lowish listening levels. 8361 would probably work.Sell your amp and buy active speakers. For that kind of money you can get a pair of genelec 8361/8351or the upcoming Kii Seven. Way better.
Not so sure, I've had several demos of the Kii3 as I was considering them but after demo 3 I was not convinced they were better. At least not comprehensively better than my passive set up with Krell/Focal.Sell your amp and buy active speakers. For that kind of money you can get a pair of genelec 8361/8351or the upcoming Kii Seven. Way better.
Isn't those designed for nearfied?Sell your amp and buy active speakers. For that kind of money you can get a pair of genelec 8361/8351or the upcoming Kii Seven. Way better.
He doesn't have them - he heard them at a dealer and liked them, as described in the first post. He appears to have a pair of small standmounts from, seeing the photo with the SPL meter. He's considering buying them. If you look, he's asked a lot of questions about different speaker upgrades over a few months- so something of a quest going on there.Isn't those designed for nearfied?
In any way the question from OP is not which speakers he should buy and given that he has the Focal Kanta 2's I'd say aesthetics is also a priority and those Genelecs surely look like tools. Well, they are tools.
Yes, it looks like reflection central in there.He doesn't have them - he heard them at a dealer and liked them, as described in the first post. He appears to have a pair of small standmounts from, seeing the photo with the SPL meter. He's considering buying them. If you look, he's asked a lot of questions about different speaker upgrades over a few months- so something of a quest going on there.
Actually, looking at that picture, that bare wooden floor won't help a lot, and a decent large rug would be the first upgrade to be made there!
Well, yes. That's true. But his question is not which speakers he should buy. And yes, that room looks nice and reflective.He doesn't have them - he heard them at a dealer and liked them, as described in the first post. He appears to have a pair of small standmounts from, seeing the photo with the SPL meter. He's considering buying them. If you look, he's asked a lot of questions about different speaker upgrades over a few months- so something of a quest going on there.
Actually, looking at that picture, that bare wooden floor won't help a lot, and a decent large rug would be the first upgrade to be made there!
The underlying question, I suspect, is should he buy the Kanta 2's and, then, will he buy a new amp. People sometimes go around the houses here.Well, yes. That's true. But his question is not which speakers he should buy. And yes, that room looks nice and reflective.