Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Sidebar 2: System

For this review analog was sourced from a Linn LP12/Lingo turntable with Naim ARO tonearm and Koetsu Rosewood II, Linn Arkiv, and van den Hul Grasshopper GLA 1V phono cartridges. Disc equalization was by a Conrad-Johnson Premier Fifteen feeding C-J's ART control unit. Digital source was mainly a Krell KPS-20i. Cables included Siltech and Transparent.

While I had no flea-sized power amplifiers on hand, on the single-ended triode side I used a Cary CAD572 and a Bel Canto SET 40. The push-pull Conrad-Johnson CAV50 integrated amplifier also made an appearance. These amps offered 15–50W of tube power. And though its heaps of power were totally unnecessary, I had no problems using the Krell FPB 600 behemoth, which never stirred from its very lowest class-A bias point when driving these speakers.—Martin Colloms