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Originally Posted by tdelahanty
I recently bought the N05xd and use it with Levinson electronics. It is better than the Lumin U1 into the DAC of my K01x player by a significant margin! My dealer has the N05xd and S05 combination paired with Focal Utopia's. This is a fantastic combination and is the best sound I have heard from these speakers. I have two concerns about this combination; room size and heat (from the S05). I prefer to leave my equipment on all the time and 30 watts may not fill a very large room.
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My listening area is about 11' x 16', which is probably just alright by western standards, but a pretty big one in TW/HK where everything is so cramped. Also, the HK dealer drove the monstrous Tannoy Westminsters with ease, so I'm not too concerned about power.
The dealer actually had the S-05 on the bottom of a rack, with maybe only no more than 2 inches above. I asked him about the heat, and he said that since the design already dissipates heat effectively, there's no need to have a lot of room above it. My listening hours are from 11am to 1pm, 3pm to 7pm and maybe 10pm to 1am, so there will be some off hours here and there.