Lon
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Send me the attachment if you wish, I'm not really sure it would make much of a difference unless you had a really big space. . . .
My caveat about the Jolida was. . . well not POWER. I ran my RL2s in a small room with a 2 watt per channel Decware amp and had lots of headroom. It was. . .tonality. .. other qualities. I confess to NOT being impressed by Jolida amps I heard in the past but that was ten years ago, I can't even remember what model (I would guess about 20 watts per channel?). . . . I've been spoiled since by the three Decware amps I've owned in that time, which really have a clarity and a soundstaging ability that I just have not found in any other amplifiers.
Differences between the Radial models? I can only go via hearsay for those, I've had the two models that have been discontinued, the RL1 which I loved, then when the RL2 was developed I had my RL1s converted to that and love the differnce. Bob (Ziggy) who builds me tells me that the bass is better on the RL1.5 that replaced the RL2s and he finds the RL3 to be a bit fuller, and also a bit more forward, and he felt they were his favorites. There was a time when it seemed as if I might be auditioning a pair of 1.5s but I believe that has passed. Most of the Decware Festival attendees and those who have heard both RL1.5s and RL3s seem to prefer the RL3s. If I had a larger room to use as a listening room I might prefer them, but I'm using my RL2s in a near field position in a small room and I shelve down the tweeter and am happy and wouldn't want "forward." If I could set up the system in my large living room dining room it would sound even better (I have briefly done this, and been very happy BUT I would get less listening in this way by a large measure, having a smaller dedicated room allows me more listening and relaxing time with the music, which since I have about 10000 plus recordings is what I'm all about.)
The very best thing to do, my number one recommendation, is to call Steve Deckert and talk to him. The times I've done that he's given me spot on recommendations and advice. He LIKES to talk on the phone. He'll make time. And it's the horse's mouth, his word can be trusted I find, he knows more about how his speakers interact with different rooms and amps than anyone.
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