Steakster...
Welcome the the world of 'stats. I will never go back to boxes, but we stat owners need to do our homework.
These speakers present a widely varying impedence load to the driving amp, often down the sub 2 ohm range and want lots of voltage to play at louder levels. I have had a sunfire amp (300 wpc) hooked up to my actively crossed over Innersound Eros but found the best match was Innersounds own amp designed for ESL's specifically.
I heartily reccommend jumping over to www.innersound .net and checking out thier white paper on ESL amps. Furhter down be shy about calling the company and talking to the designer, Roger Sanders, who pretty much wrote the book on ESL design. Shoot every time I have called, he is the guy answering the phone.
His amp has loads of power and is quite reasonably priced ( for high-end audio!)
Happy listening and welcome to the "club"
Regards,
Welcome the the world of 'stats. I will never go back to boxes, but we stat owners need to do our homework.
These speakers present a widely varying impedence load to the driving amp, often down the sub 2 ohm range and want lots of voltage to play at louder levels. I have had a sunfire amp (300 wpc) hooked up to my actively crossed over Innersound Eros but found the best match was Innersounds own amp designed for ESL's specifically.
I heartily reccommend jumping over to www.innersound .net and checking out thier white paper on ESL amps. Furhter down be shy about calling the company and talking to the designer, Roger Sanders, who pretty much wrote the book on ESL design. Shoot every time I have called, he is the guy answering the phone.
His amp has loads of power and is quite reasonably priced ( for high-end audio!)
Happy listening and welcome to the "club"
Regards,