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| Choking more SPL's out of Maggie 3.6's I's glad to see Travis posting his experiences. I knew he was happy with the InnerSound amps, but didn't know just how loud he was driving his Maggies. I'm an InnerSound dealer, but don't have the experience with the Brystons to make a valid compa... | |
| Audio Artistry Beethoven - heard it? Greetings Muralman1,You are asking about one of the most intelligently designed and best-sounding speakers ever made, in my opinion. I had the pleasure of listening to designer Siegfried Linkwitz's personal Beethoven system in his home about a yea... | |
| Amp/Int. Amp to smooth the highs... Gunbei -Paralleling the tweeter with a fairly large resistor will actually lower the impedance that the amp sees, and will also smooth the impedance out out a bit. | |
| Amp/Int. Amp to smooth the highs... Iasi -Your current speakrs are Usher 719's? I couldn't find any information on them...Okay, you might try this: Wire a 16-ohm, 25-watt resistor across the speaker terminals (if bi-wire capable, then across the high frequency inputs). Just tighten ... | |
| 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... |