Re: Speaker match for a Beomaster 2400

Peter — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:20:49 GMT

S75s do have a lot more bass but I find them a little uncontrolled - I used them with a 2400 for many years though as the actual balance is very pleasant. I agree about the S80s - S120s are better though I still think S75s have a bit more low end extension. S80s also suffer from foam rot. I got my pair free from my old dealer!

I wonder what a Beovox Cona would sound like with the S45-2s?

Speaker match for a Beomaster 2400

Piaf — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:59:25 GMT

I have an interesting problem.

In my quest for the perfect turntable I acquired a flawless Beomaster 2400. For reasons beyond this forum I found myself powering Linn Isobariks, McIntosh ML-2M’s, and a pair of Fisher bookshelf speakers with the 2400 while my McIntosh 2255 is in for repair.

My local McIntosh repair shop was horrified when they learned of this and said, “B&O products are beautiful but frail, you are going to blow the damn thing up.”

Following this my B&O advisor was so upset at my substituting the unsuspecting Beomaster 2400 for the 2255 now in the repair ship that he shipped me a set of S45-2 speakers as a suitable match.

I don’t know any other way to put this, but my 2400 did a magnificent job of powering all three sets of speakers at, at least 75% of the volume level of my McIntosh 2255, with its wonderful 500 watts.

So you must be asking, what is the problem? Well I had encountered a feedback issue that required the separation of these to systems and now I have two independent stereo systems. However the S45-2 speakers do not remotely come close to the bass created by my main speaker system.

As such I began searching for a replacement for theS45-2’s.

I found a set of S75’s but I was not the winner of that auction. My B&O mentor applauded my choice of the S75’s but was dismayed in my interest in a set of flawless S80.2’s saying they did not have the bass response that I longed for, especially not at an auction that will likely end at $300 for the set.

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff

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