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Horn Speaker Recommendations
^^ Duke has always made excellent speakers- IMO/IME part of being excellent is being easy to drive! Amps just make less distortion when things are easy :) 
What is your favorite High EFF speaker
When examining tube amps you'll want to pay attention to impedance as well. Almost any tube amp will make more power, have wider bandwidth and lower distortion when driving a 16 ohm load as opposed to 8. I use Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T3.3... 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
On well, I may have to spend a little more on long XLR’s since I am getting the m900u.@yyzsantabarbara You should be alright. It makes far more difference that the preamp supports the standard than the amp. To that end you can probably run Mogami ... 
I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong
Which it's artifacts are, even the non technical can see it in any Class-D's 1 or 10khz square wave from on the amps outputs, and in the phase shift the filter produces down to 4khz in many cases.You can't see switching noise on any frequency a ... 
I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong
Uh, George, GaN amps still need deadtime. It *reduces* the need but does not eliminate it.Deadtime is not a major source of distortion in a class D amp; you can double the amount used above the amount EPC recommends and not be able to hear it. OTO... 
Please Help Me!!
That *was* a pretty funny OP :) 
Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms?
^^ Good. The highest load you can run without problems is the best load.  
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
Thanks for your patience. Yes, our units do support the AES48 standard. :) 
Amp Options for B&W 803 D3 Speakers?
Get a Pass Labs. One of the best sounding solid state amps out there.  
Eico HF-81 question for those that have one and moved on from it or returned
A Stereo 70 will have more power of course.But if your Eico is as heavily rebuilt as you say, the sound differences will be mostly about the output transformers and other parts quality. Eicos came stock with ceramic disk caps for coupling caps but... 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking of using the long runs based on a thread you commented on. I am thinking of using a Benchmark LA4 preamp, which I think supports the balanced standard as you described. @yyzsantabarbara I would not leave t... 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
Would you care to mention the brand of XLR interconnects you are using into your amps? How long are they?My equipment supports the balanced line standard so the actual brand of cable doesn't affect the sound. I built some 30 foot cables using Mog... 
Zu Druid 6
@parsons  The V-Caps are the most popular option with the M-60s. They do make the amps more involving- they just sound more real that way.  
Horn Speaker Recommendations
 Consequently, a true horn will not fit our decor.  That means Klipsch, JBL and any big box vintage looking speakers are out.  So if that means I would not be getting a true horn so be it.  At the end of the day if i buy a hybrid horn and I love... 
Equipment Rack Between Speakers...Good or Bad
The ideal system will have balanced input mono amps right behind the speakers keeping the speaker wires as short as possible. Balanced ins and outs let you use long low level signal cables without ill effect. Now you can put the rack anywhere i...