British speaker alternatives to Proac 1sc?

Posted by: johnlh on 20 October 2016

I posted here in October, 2012 inquiring about the wisdom of pairing a Nait 5i with Proac 1sc speakers. At the time my source was an original Rega Planet. I was downsizing and needed to eliminate some of the larger pieces I had.

I did purchase a Naim 5i-2 eventually and have been using it with the Proac's for a couple of years. There are times when I think the Proac's could use more power. I've since upgraded my Rega Planet to a Rega Saturn-R.

I've begun to consider replacing the Proac's with something more efficient rather than pursuing an adjustment to amplification to match them.

I've tended to gravitate toward British gear when auditioning in the past. I've owned NAD amps and an NAD turntable (Rega), Rega cd players, Proac speakers. I've also owned Paradigm and PSB (Canadian) speakers - I'm not sure if the latter lean toward the British sound or not.

I have a relatively small listening room. The Proac's being a small speaker with very good low frequency extension has caused me to hold on to them.

I'm wondering what's available these days in the British line-up of speakers that mate well with Naim and Rega, have nice midrange and decent low frequency extension like the Proac 1sc's, but are easier to drive.

I think I'd like to get to the point where I'd be able to pursue relatively low power but high quality amplification and not have to worry about the efficiency of the speakers. I think the Nait 5i-2 is a great integrated, but even an upgrade within the Naim integrated line only achieves an additional 30 watts over the Nait 5i-2.

All comments appreciated.

Thank you.

Posted on: 23 October 2016 by Huge

Dozey posted:
Huge, it appears you disagree with me. That is ok. I won't try to argue with you.

It's from my experience of designing HiFi amps.

Posted on: 23 October 2016 by Moussa

I am enjoying music with a SN2 and I really can't imagine mortal people would really need anything more than that.

Posted on: 23 October 2016 by Adam Zielinski

Moussa posted:
I am enjoying music with a SN2 and I really can't imagine mortal people would really need anything more than that.

Oh it is possible...

Posted on: 23 October 2016 by Huge

What about Loki, isn't he immortal?

Posted on: 24 October 2016 by engjoo

johnlh posted:
I posted here in October, 2012 inquiring about the wisdom of pairing a Nait 5i with Proac 1sc speakers. At the time my source was an original Rega Planet. I was downsizing and needed to eliminate some of the larger pieces I had.
I did purchase a Naim 5i-2 eventually and have been using it with the Proac's for a couple of years. There are times when I think the Proac's could use more power. I've since upgraded my Rega Planet to a Rega Saturn-R.
I've begun to consider replacing the Proac's with something more efficient rather than pursuing an adjustment to amplification to match them.
I've tended to gravitate toward British gear when auditioning in the past. I've owned NAD amps and an NAD turntable (Rega), Rega cd players, Proac speakers. I've also owned Paradigm and PSB (Canadian) speakers - I'm not sure if the latter lean toward the British sound or not.
I have a relatively small listening room. The Proac's being a small speaker with very good low frequency extension has caused me to hold on to them.
I'm wondering what's available these days in the British line-up of speakers that mate well with Naim and Rega, have nice midrange and decent low frequency extension like the Proac 1sc's, but are easier to drive.
I think I'd like to get to the point where I'd be able to pursue relatively low power but high quality amplification and not have to worry about the efficiency of the speakers. I think the Nait 5i-2 is a great integrated, but even an upgrade within the Naim integrated line only achieves an additional 30 watts over the Nait 5i-2.
All comments appreciated.
Thank you.

What about the PMC Twenty5.21 ?

Posted on: 25 October 2016 by Dozey

Thanks innocent Bystander. That is exactly what I was getting at. Equal voltage gain but different powers.