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| Pass XA160 for 8ohm, 89db speakers? I have no direct experience with the XA160, but consulted my magic 8-ball and it said "signs point to yes".Given the speaker load you describe and your listening habits, it would be hard to think of a solid state amp that would work better - inclu... | |
| Can someone guide me as to what Single driver ?? Sean,Which Eminence driver are you talking about? Not that I have a project for it right around the corner, but if you like it that much then I want it in my bag of tricks.Thanks,Duke | |
| New amp advices please Most, but not all, loudspeakers are happy with an amplifier that has a fairly high damping factor (fairly low output impedance). The exceptions are typically high efficiency speakers, especially single-driver ones, whose otherwise thin bass is war... | |
| Speakers for large open room Thanks for the additional information, Lovesthemusic.If a dipole speaker is an option, you'd want the speaker about five feet out from the "front" wall. Placement fairly close to the side walls is okay with most dipoles. I don't think 100 watts is... | |
| Speakers for large open room In applications where the you have either a highly reflective room, and/or a very large room, and/or you sit far away from the speakers, the reverberant sound will play an especially large role in establishing timbre.The reason is, these three con... | |
| Speaker suggestions If a rear-ported speaker is tuned appropriately, there's no reason why it can't be used close to the wall or even in a corner. Audio Note speakers are designed to take advantage of boundary reinforcement from a corner, and they're rear ported. You... | |
| ???? T.H.E. Show ????????? Well as you found out, in practice T.H.E. show and CES are open to creative non-industry-professionals. I'd bet a nickel you're not the first such person to attend, and won't be the last either. Don't worry, I won't rat you out.Other shows, such a... | |
| Best Amp for my Pipedreams and ML 32 The best I ever heard the Pipe Dreams sound (and it was stunning) was driven by the big 400-pound GamuT S-300 amplifier. I think that amp is no longer made, but every now and then one shows up used.Duke | |
| The under 10K speaker Desalvo55,Sounds like you're on an epic quest for a speaker that you will live with for many years.To a certain extent, high-end audio is about coming to know yourself. You have to become an expert on what really matters the most to your ears and ... | |
| Speaker match with Pass Labs XA-160 Grandme,Your amps can drive just about anything from inefficient planars to 107 dB efficient horns. High power Class A amplification can pretty much do it all. Obviously you like the Virgos and RELs because you're keeping them. So... in what ways ... | |
| Tried 2 pairs of speakers for 2 channel? I have built several experimental bipole systems.One disadvantage of a bipole setup is that you will probably get a severe dip in the on-axis frequency response at the frequency where the path length difference from the woofers to your ears is equ... | |
| The BEST Listening Chair u’ve ever had or saw?? I have a customer who has something called "The Perfect Chair", and it's the most comfortable place I've ever parked my caboose. Not that I'm a chair connoisseur by any stretch; I'm unfamiliar with the others mentioned here.Duke | |
| QUAD vs Martin Logan vs Magnepan Newbee tells it like it is.I've owned three pairs of Quads, five pairs of Maggies, and one pair of Martin Logans. Here's the way I'd put it: The larger Maggies tend to have a relaxing and forgiving tonal balance, but are a little lacking in upper ... | |
| Marten Design Miles II vs Avalon Opus Ceramique..? Ceramic cone woofers and midranges have their advantages and their disadvantages.Their rigidity gives them more piston-like behavior, which translates into excellent clarity (assuming a well-designed, low distortion motor). However, a conventional... | |
| Low watt tube amps/pros/cons Hi Reubent,Here's a pretty good freeware program. The vent length calculations aren't totally reliable. Box stuffing isn't accounted for, nor is enclosure wall losses, but this will get you in the ballpark:http://www.ggimages.com/spsim/In practice... |