Sounded very good in first impression in a non ideal setup. Have the same immediacy and clarity in the midst that my pluvia 7 in a 7.5L ported enclosure but a deeper, fuller and smoother bass response. I'll burn them in for a while here and give a more critical listen soon.
Those look great, love the decorative songbird at the bottom.Singbird BLH-FR13 - Driver RFT - Ziphona B7186
Driver Visaton FR13
I use an Marantz 5004 integrated amp for my 10M's in ported speakers, with good results. The amp is too powerfull, but if you keep the volume knob below halfway, that is not a problem and already loud enough for my livingroom (4 x 8 x 2.5 meters). If you want a tube amp, you could use a Mullard 5-20 kind of design (prebuild or self build) i guess (that's what i would love to do, and probally will in the futur)
Thanks for your reply.
Your amp is more powerfull (35w) than my f5 (29w).
My listening room is 6x3,4x2,6m. My will be pre amp is aikido.
When I choose 10p, it's better for my f5.
Free to choose but pretty shure 10M is smoother and don't show a 40% HD spike at 1 watt input Mark Audio Alpair 10P-A Fullrange Loudspeaker Measurements Data and Information Full Range.
I don't know your amp, but it seems to be a good choice. The main difference between the 10M or the 10P is the cone material and the sonics because of it. I prefer the 10M, but both will be good.
The F5 is probally a better amp than the (already very good) Marantz, so i think that will fit without any problem. Just remember that this kind of drivers don't like to be overdriven, so be cautious with the volume. They are rated 30W, but i prefer to keep it lower, because they start to distort a bit lower. They do sound more efficient than the 89dB of the specs suggest, so they go loud already with 10-15watts of amplification in the right box.
