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Gallo Reference III midrange COOKED

They were purchased new from a dealer in 2007. I'm using an all PS Audio system (except for a Denon multi-player for a transport). I Was using a p300 power plant till about a month ago I purchased a Power Plant Premier here at Audiogon. Two weeks later the midrange drivers in both speakers are gone. They have since been to the factory for repair and returned. Repair wasn't covered by warranty. They said if the speaker was defective it would have already blown during the first three months.

My system:

Trio P200 pre amp

Digital Link III D/A converter (with Cullen Circuits level 3 mod)

GCA 250 Power amp

Power Plant Premier

The speakers are rated a 350 watts; but my PS Audio 250 watt amp cooked the midrange drivers in both speakers. Go figure...

Just wondering if anyone else out there may have had the same or similar problem?
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martykl
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Duke,

I think Elevick was probably told that a higher power amp is less likely to clip in the first place. This advice is sometimes offered to shoppers who will state their amp's power and try to infer a speaker match from their rated power handling specs - kinda like the OP here. I agree that this point wasn't accurately reflected in his post, but it goes to the real issue here: 'twas probably clipping (not too much power, per se) that killed his beasts.

Marty

Marty
martykl
3,578 posts
 
Actually, as Chaz noted - it may well have been stray DC.

Marty
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