highest damping factor amp


Looking for a small solid state with a high damping factor to control my 15inch woofers in a biamp system.
jls3
Don't know the damping factor of the Aleph 3, it's just a high quality small SS amp. Other's to consider: Bedini 25/25; BEL 1001; Bryston 2b; ????? I like the Eagle 2 idea, thanks. There's a new amp from JOB that's TINY in size physically and 50 watts.
check this
http://www.bcae1.com/dampfact.htm
 i myself use crown k2

df 3000
wire lenght 3 ft
wire awg 2/0

damping result 2711the k2 is now intalled on the subs side with the terminals close to the driver terminals



You don't need a high damping factor to control TAD woofers. My amp has a very low damping factor and works great with the dual TAD 15" woofers (1602s) in my system. Now they are in series for a 16 ohm load, so nearly anything can drive them. And they are very satisfying as they go to 20Hz in my system :)
If you wire them in parallel, **any** solid state amp that can make a few watts and many tube amps will drive them just fine.

Now if you over damp them by using an amplifier with a very high damping factor, you'll actually get less bass and no definition. There aren't any speakers out there that really need more than about 20:1 damping factor. IOW, the damping factor thing is a bit over-rated. What you really need is the amp's ability to make power, and with the efficiency of the TADs, that really isn't all that hard.
check this
http://www.bcae1.com/dampfact.htm
 i myself use crown k2

df 3000
wire length 3 ft
wire awg 2/0

damping result 2711the k2 is now installed on the subs side with the terminals close to the driver terminals