How often do photos of listening rooms show loudspeakers deep into the corners of the front wall? Most people would say that corner placement of loudspeakers is a major compromise.
We have learned this is not correct.
Ron, Perhaps you don’t understand the design of my loudspeakers. They are meant to go into the corners. It is an integral part of the design. Most speakers are not designed to go into the corners against the walls, actually touching the walls in my case. The early Vitavox marketing claimed the speakers take up two square feet of floor space. The corner placement with open backs increases the efficiency of the system by utilizing the walls of the room to extend the dimensions of the horn. There are few speakers designed like this, so obviously, you will not see listening rooms that show loudspeakers deep into the corners of the front wall.
That is not a compromise and I actually think it’s an advantage for a number of reasons. Is that an example you think of a compromise and trade off? I do not think you understand the issue here. I don’t understand the point you are making about my speaker placement as a major compromise. Anyway, we are talking about matching your speakers to a suitable amplifier, both in terms of power, and in terms of sonics. In both of those cases, I hold up my speakers and amp pairing as not compromised and not involving tradeoffs in the sense you are using to describe your situation and to solicit advice.
The discussion was about matching an amplifier to speakers as being inevitably a compromise involving certain trade-offs. I’m simply sharing one example where it is not. The discussion for 20 pages has been the trade-off in your mind between low power SET and the magic it brings in the mid range for girl with guitar and high powered amplifiers to drive your panels for large scale music.
I am giving you an example where such a trade-off is not inevitable and an inherent part of the hobby as was claimed. And there are other examples in the hobby that do not involve inevitable trade-offs and compromises.