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I have the Vitus SIA-025 integrated amp and am having trouble finding a pair of good speakers to work with them. My room is around 16’ x 13’ with speakers firing across the room. The speakers have to be near the rear wall. Unfortunately I have a bass boom problem in the mid-bass frequencies and have found many ported speakers present a problem. The low 25W-100Woutput of the Vitus seems to prevent some speakers working to their potential too.
I am interested to hear what others have found work well.
Currently I have a pair of B&W 804D which are ok in the bass department, but I know I can get so much more out of the Vitus. Some of the speakers I have demoed at home are listed below and some sound so much better than the B&Ws - apart from the bass issues. So far I have demoed in my room:
Wilson - Sabrina (certain bass frequencies presented a problem in my room on many recordings. Speaker sounded great in other respects)
Sonar Faber - Guarneri (sounded a little thin and they also boomed despite being a small 2way speaker)
Avalon Transcendent and Avalon Idea (both sounded wonderful but bass was a problem with both)
Wilson Benesch Endeavour- no bass issues and sound great at volume. But the low power of the SIA does not seem to drive enough current to get them really working. At low volumes they sound dead.
Proac K-6. These sounded so smooth and wonderful with their ribbon tweeter. But bass was a big problem.
I am due to try a Magico S3 ii in April at home but I see they require 50W, so I’m not sure the Vitus will drive them sufficiently.
And I am due to listen to a Tidal Piano at my dealers home soon too.
Unfortunately room treatment is not possible as the room is also the family lounge.
Any other SIA 025 owners out there with rooms on the small side who have found speakers which really gets the best out of the amp?
My source is a Vitus SCD-025. I am in the UK.
Thanks for reading.
I am interested to hear what others have found work well.
Currently I have a pair of B&W 804D which are ok in the bass department, but I know I can get so much more out of the Vitus. Some of the speakers I have demoed at home are listed below and some sound so much better than the B&Ws - apart from the bass issues. So far I have demoed in my room:
Wilson - Sabrina (certain bass frequencies presented a problem in my room on many recordings. Speaker sounded great in other respects)
Sonar Faber - Guarneri (sounded a little thin and they also boomed despite being a small 2way speaker)
Avalon Transcendent and Avalon Idea (both sounded wonderful but bass was a problem with both)
Wilson Benesch Endeavour- no bass issues and sound great at volume. But the low power of the SIA does not seem to drive enough current to get them really working. At low volumes they sound dead.
Proac K-6. These sounded so smooth and wonderful with their ribbon tweeter. But bass was a big problem.
I am due to try a Magico S3 ii in April at home but I see they require 50W, so I’m not sure the Vitus will drive them sufficiently.
And I am due to listen to a Tidal Piano at my dealers home soon too.
Unfortunately room treatment is not possible as the room is also the family lounge.
Any other SIA 025 owners out there with rooms on the small side who have found speakers which really gets the best out of the amp?
My source is a Vitus SCD-025. I am in the UK.
Thanks for reading.