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| Should I got full tubes or stick with hybrid amps? How would you treat this room? https://ibb.co/pJ0pxVx I gather you listen quite a bit from your desk.1. In my office, I re-configured my desk, no drawers on the right, so that I sit off-center of the desk, thus centered on the speakers, and the mo... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. I’m gonna 1. remove the L pads another advantage: the L pads in the back panel won’t be wired to the crossover/drivers inside, the back will come fully off.2. annual tightness check (nothing ever loose, but, to sleep better ..) a. confirm the d... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. spkrplus4 thanks, I get voltage, current, resistance, but don't understand inductance. | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. luisma31 everyone,This didn’t start about sound, I am completely content with everything as is.It was about bias controls, internal or external.I was considering changing to a newer version of this Cayin A88T tube amp to get external bias adjustme... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. lewm thanks for your thoughts. you know too much for my own good!level controls are in the neutral position now, i.e. doing nothing.I have been thinking of simply bypassing the level controls, on one speaker first, see how it compares with the ... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. McIntosh Speaker Wire Gauge/Distance/Resistance Chart (pdf pg 6)http://akdatabase.com/AKview/albums/userpics/10004/MC2250%20Owners.pdf Indicates: any given gauge: 8 ohm load allows double the length of a 4 ohm load. Presumably 16 ohm load would al... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. charles1dad Thanks for your reinforcement of Ralph and other's comments.I knew the speakers were very high efficiency (horns), and needed little power (16 ohms is easier, I knew that), but I was unaware of the inherent advantages to the amp reg... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. three_easy_payments thanks, we agree about the video and advantages of 16 ohm reduced distortion.In the beginning, when 4 ohm speakers showed up, some sounded very good, however they were small enclosures, and it seemed to me they needed a heck... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. chakster thanks. as usual, I wish you lived next door so I could hear your variety of speakers, equipment, ....160 ohm resistor across the terminals. any idea what/why? | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. mijostyn thanks for your comments.turns out eight 24 gauge is equiv to 15 gauge. any other factors of cat 5 involved with 'inductance' concerns? | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. millercarbon thanks for your comments. as I don't have power concerns, I'm sticking with 16 ohms for the inherent reduced distortion involved. | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. atmasphere thanks for your clarity of these issues. I'm sticking with 16 ohm tap.remaining questions:1. how importance is bias to sound? (I don't care about heat or tube life).......................2. speaker cable inductance ..... gauge ____ a... | |
| Do speaker wires matter I bet those speakers sound great!. I would like to hear them.Efficiency: your speakers are very low efficiency. 83 db/1w/1m means they ONLY make 83db sound volume when given 1 watt measured 1 meter away, They need far more power than your Marantz,... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. Am I missing something? In the video he didn't mention sound QUALITY at all. Nor any comment on AMP performance/distortion differences. His comments are about the SPEAKER, not the amp. He emphasizes, it's his choice for his high performance, hi... | |
| Near field monitor advice please I reconfigured my office, and got a used pair of B&W D100i. I have them horizontal on bookshelves, seated ear level, opposite my desk, flanking my monitor for imaging, paired with a self powered sub. Office never sounded betterhttps://speakerh... |