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| Powerful but "emotional" amps? At first I was scratching my head about what I'd recommend, and then I read Albert Porter's post. Duh. The D79 is probably one of the most musical amps ever made. Nice call, Albert!Duke | |
| Let's forget about being politically correct Just for the record, the CTC Blowtorch pre-amp which Mr. Crump manufactures is absolutely stunning. Shattered all my preconceived notions (as did those damn JC-1's). Well, at least I can peddle the JC-1's (from Parasound) - the Blowtorch remains m... | |
| Cap upgrade? Joew -I presume you're asking about a power-supply capacitance increase.Think of the current coming from the wall as water from a garden hose, and the power supply capacitors as the bucket the hose is pouring into. The bigger the bucket, the more ... | |
| speaker sensitivity vs. speaker size Loose -Typically, the efficiency of the woofer sets the overall system efficiency. And there is a trade-off relationship between bass extension, efficiency, and small box size - you can have any two of the three, but not all three. Suppose you mak... | |
| Powering a Passive subwoofer. The discontinued Electron Kinetics Eagle 2 has superb grip and power in the bottom end. Unfortunately there are none for sale right now, but they do come up from time to time, generally in the $400 ballpark.In the meantime, you might try wiring th... | |
| Powering my Magnepan 3.0's Augeanpoop -While the Carver amp is able to deliver enormous power short-term, it doesn't have the heat-sink area necessary to deliver high output long-term, so it's going into thermal shut-down. At least that's my guess.I peddle the InnerSound am... | |
| Best Speakers Compatable with System Hello Larry,You have some nice gear there. There's a Thor pre-amp and some Magnan cabling in my system as well...Okay, I have two suggestions - one simple; and one complex and somewhat self-serving (hey, I'm a dealer - that's what the fin on my ba... | |
| Jolida reliability? Anyone with comments? I'm a JoLida dealer. To this date only one of my customers has had a problem - a bad solder joint on an input jack. JoLida quickly took care of the problem.I've sold lots more expensive gear that had a much worse in-the-field track record. And, ac... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers Bsevans -The problem that a solid-state amplifier has driving the Sound Labs is related to the high impedance in the bass.You see, the Sound Labs present a ballpark 40 ohm load in the deep bass, decreasing to around 6 ohms at 500 Hz, then going ba... | |
| Beveridge Model 2sw Electrostatic Yes, Harlold Beveridge's systems were and still are magical. I got to hear a pair for the first time at CES 2002. They could have used a bigger amp, but boy they sounded sweet. I spent some time talking with his son Rick about the prospect of one ... | |
| Subs without power amps Note that many subs rely on equalization to get deep bass in a small box, and as a result dynamic contrast and transient response often suffer.If you're looking for superb transient response and are willing to live with a fairly large enclosure, t... | |
| Quad 989's I would estimate that you can get ballpark 100 dB on peaks at the listening position with the 989 and a suitable amplifier. But that's driving the speaker pretty hard.If you treat the backwave (either with diffusion or absorption depending on your... | |
| Best high current SS Mono amps Hello Yada,I'm a dealer for several of the amps mentioned here (Parasound JC-1's, InnerSound, Wolcott) as well as a few not mentioned here (Clayton, Atma-Sphere) that also work very well with electrostats. My experience is mostly with Sound Labs s... | |
| What's My Problem? Pat -I'm not familiar enough with your speakers for this to be anything more than speculation, but here goes...There's a nasty little thing that happens to most drivers called "compression". And, different drivers introduce different amounts of co... | |
| And what do Maggies sound like near a wall...... Umn - The first sidewall reflection will have to be treated (diffused or absorbed), but that six feet of open space avaiable behind the MG-12's makes me optimistic. I have used dipoles fairly close to side walls (6" or so) with good results. Sure ... |