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Comment about SS and Tubes

For the people who have followed by two and only two posts: you know I have all Cary Audio: SLP-05 pre and 805AE mains. I also have the 200.2. I had never used the 200.2 until recently. Front end are Totem Winds and Totem Mani 2 - alternating depending on my mood.

In my first post, several pro SS people recommended I boost my power and go SS. That got me to thinking???

I hefted that big old 200.2 up to my music room and hooked it up to the Balanced outputs of the SLP-05. Kept the RCA outputs going to the 805’s.

I listen to JAZZ so I don’t necessarily need loud. But sometimes I want loud.

Power is good. After a few albums and a bit of streaming I do concede, Power is good. I didn’t realize how good my speakers were until I pushed them. Bass I never knew. And the whole spectrum was astonishing.

On some albums I like the subtle refinement of the tubes. They are awesome to hear. But I am a convert. I do like the watts. My Cary Audio 200.2 is going to get broken in finally,

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rodman99999
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      The guys at Dahlquist designed the DQ-LP1 crossover, to mate a sub to their DQ-10 speakers.

       Being that their weren't a whole lot of self-powered subwoofers, back in the day; that little unit got a lot of application.

       I used one (variously upgraded) in my own systems, in concert with the 10" TL subs I built to go with my first pair of planars (Acoustat Mod III), for well over two decades.

       Looks like the JL crossover would be a good one, consistent with the quality of the rest of the OP's system.

       This article was of particular interest to me, as I've been using a TacT 2.2X for quite some time:

            https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/the-jl-audio-cr-1-analog-vs-tact-digital-crossover.19361/

         Roger Sanders was a youngster, when he wrote this article, for Speaker Builder (damn, I feel old):

               https://sanderssoundsystems.com/downloads/speaker_builder_dec_1980_an_electrostatic_speaker_system_Part%20III.pdf

          About that good old Dahlquist DQ-LP1, that I wish I still owned:

           https://sites.google.com/site/mpbarney/home/dahlquist-dq-lp1

 

rodman99999
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@cinqcepages -

      Two questions, in order of importance:

            Know a good carpenter?

            How big is your room?

     You have the makings of an excellent, actively bi-amped, sub-woofed system.

     There are a number of ways to do that effectively/with great results.

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