What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load

To be honest, I'm not sold on what @cascadesphil is saying about his EVS1200 amp being suitable for his Thiel CS3.6 speakers(based on Icepower 1200AS1 modules).

Also this thread, we're talking with the CS3.5 Thiels, which are far harder to drive than the 3.6
Cheers George

I’m pretty sure the Kappa 9’s are gonna suck/inhale these two mono blocks half way into the speaker cables

Love it 1000ASP ICEpower module Class-D getting sucked up the speaker cables.

Like this
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150627043629-python-porcupine-exlarge-169.jpg

Gotcha.

Yep... exactly like that Bahahahaaaaa....

joysjane,

I do not know what more to say about the ST1000. I read great things about the amp before I bought mine.

The ST1000 played loud but was lacking in dynamics and sounded bland.

I was astonished how much better the Maggie's and Thiels sounded with good class AB amps. 

A learning point for me from this thread is that it appears there are no standardized measurements for current and damping factor.

That is one reason why I like the Stereophile test measurements as they can help you to understand about a specific amp. Problem was the ST1000 was not reviewed by them and I could not find test measurements elsewhere.

Thanks for  listening,

Dsper

A learning point for me from this thread is that it appears there are no standardized measurements for current and damping factor.

@dsper This statement is tricky. But you are on to something - they can be misleading. 'Current' is the one that is bandied about the most and it can quite often be meaningless. Take a look at this link (which is an easy read) for why:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/Common_Amplifier_Myths.php
Now damping factor is the output impedance vs 8 ohms and is expressed as a ratio (IOW its standardized). What is less understood is that speakers require a certain amount of damping and that varies by design, even if the same drivers are used in a different box. Some speakers (certain open baffles for example) seem to work better if the damping factor is extremely low- 1/10th :1; and some speakers need as high as 20:1. No speaker needs more damping than that; higher damping factors are often deleterious to neutrality.


Amplifier designers thus have a challenge- from their perspective a lower output impedance is good to insure that the amplifier has the proper 'voltage source' response which is to say that it can maintain a constant voltage output regardless of load. And speaker designers are **usually** expecting this too- but they are working with drivers that quite simply don't work right if they are overdamped!


So its no surprise that confusion exists- because you can easily hear when the speaker is overdamped ('tight bass' being a symptom; while many audiophiles like this, it is in fact a coloration). It makes the right amp/speaker combination a lot harder than you would think and a lot harder than it supposed to be!