Yes the staunch praise of the K/Spe not with standing I have a chance at the J/SPe. I had been entertaining the purchase of two Adire Rava subwoofers but my room is just a master bedroom roughly 12X15. I have a single bed, my computer and stand and along the short wall are my K's a tv stand with 27inch JVC and stereo stand(which desperately needs replacing being a piece of junk).

My dealer has several subs from M&K, Paradigm Reference, B&W etc.

He has said he would give me 100% trade in of my K/SPe forthe J/SPe which. The tweeter in the J is 1 inch instead of .75 and uses a foam instead of rubber surround. The J also triple in the volume of the box.

Audio Note rates the J SPe at 25hz-6db while Hi-Fi Choice measured the speaker as rating at 20hz -3db. Interestingly some of the subs I was looking dont rate as low though no doubt will play at louder levels.

"Not as sensitive as the bigger floorstanders in this test, the AN-J/SPe still musters a full 89.5dB (re. 2.83V/1m) from its essentially undamped, reflex-loaded cabinet.

Neither is the load especially tough with a minimum 5 Ohm at 150Hz and an average of 12.3 Ohm to keep any valve amps from wheezing. The port resonance looks very broad indeed, providing a deal of reinforcement from 20Hz-90Hz (-3dB points) while the driver itself rolls off to 60Hz (-6dB).

Bass distortion remains very low indeed at ~0.15-0.2% but climbs closer to 0.6% through the midrange where the pulp-coned bass/mid driver is obviously working a little harder.

Indeed, an averaged 3rd-octave trace shows the axial response of the AN-J/Spe to be divided into two 'halves' - above and below 800Hz where there's a step in the response due to a driver/baffle cancellation.

Off axis, the step is less apparent, but there's an increase in bass heaviness and loss of presence." http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/review_print.asp?ID=1577

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazin...udspeakers.htm

Naturally I would have to listen. I'm only really considering this because they have two left and what the hell if it sounds similar but more of it why not. I know what the K and E sound like so the J should be a go between. Rochlin seemed to thinkt he E didn't have it all over the J so it's interesting.

I already felt the K was much better than the N805 but the J would still be $500.00 Less than the N805 with this deal.

Only downside is from the foam longjevity point of view and I would have to give up the beautiful Cherry wood for plain black.

Ohh the upgraditis. The J/SPe(New but last year's) I can get for $2500.00Cdn(~$1800US) less $1500.00(~1100US) for my speakers. A new J/SPe sells for $3,575US and is basically the same but nicer finishes and no grill cloth. http://www.triodeandco.com/Prod_Loudspeakers.html

LOL = gotta spend the student loan on something.