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| MSB Reference or Audio Research Reference 10 ? Beside a Linn CD12 and the YBA I use a rare earlier (still the discrete R2R ladder network) MSB PowerDac Gold 4. (doesn’t have true balanced outputs, that I never use anyway)It’s is a huge heavy brute as you can imagine it has 5 x gel-cell recharg... | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities but the weight of the sustain doesn't match what a solid state leviathon can do. This is so correct, all you have to do is play some sustained organ or similar to immediately hear the difference, and not just on subs, but on inefficient hard t... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load joysjane That’s right, it doesn’t matter how many watts you have, if you don’t have the current to back it up all the way down into 2ohms and less, with speakers like the OP has in the bass, you got s**t. Like I said the "puny" 25w Mark Levinson M... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load I have heard that Behringer, but it has driving power aplenty. Was that with speakers like the OP has that are 2ohms and less for nearly all the bass.BTW that 3000w Behringer Class-D can be got now for $299!! at Parts Express now, with free!!! s... | |
| MSB Reference or Audio Research Reference 10 ? ARC usually use Delta Sigma based dacs, where MSB are discrete R2R ladder dacs. To me they have their own sounds.On great recordings my MSB discrete R2R can't be touched, but on bad recordings it shows them up as so.My YBA dac is Delta Sigma, on g... | |
| Wilson v Sonus Faber Funny that you should bring up the fact that the old Wilson tweeter was terrible ( which I agree with you 100%!). When I said the 7’s were the best, they were also better than the later 8’s as well.A Chinese/English friend (a Wilson Nutter) owned... | |
| Odyssey integrated opinions? Not to mention Odyssey's customer service sucks @$$. And most if not all of their monoblocks are just bridged stereo amps.Cheers George | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load 1. Get a Class D amp.2. Find some Kappa 9’s.3. Set the the switch in the rear to Extended.4. Crank up the music.5. The Class D amp that doesn’t shut down will drive a 2 ohm load.I can say this after completion of the above five steps,This is gonn... | |
| Wilson v Sonus Faber Any views on Wilson Watt Puppy 6.1 vs. Sonus Faber Amati Homage? (Driven by Mark Levinson equipment) The Wilson 7’s were the best of the Watt/Puppy, but I would still favour the Amati’s over them, but not with tubes as they get too lazy sounding w... | |
| Would switching amps make a big difference? cdc2 OP A strong solid state amp is always a good idea to try with ESLs This is good advise, get the right amp that can handle Martin Logan Ethos sub 1ohm loads and -phase angles with current and stability.Stay away from expensive "band aid" fixe... | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities Even improving the source can make the amp and therefore the speakers sound better. Yes that's for sure also, the main one though is the amp, it has to control the speakers movements, wild and varying loads, high and low impedances, and not be ... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load Keep it up Ralph, your not doing your Class-D venture any good service, by trying to pull the wool over people's eyes. There are far better linear BJT amps around than Class-D's for driving sub 2ohm impedances, all one has to do is look what happe... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load George’s arguments are irrational. For him doubling down power is more important that the absolute power and current the amplifier actually gives. Sorry but this is wrong, have you ever listened to a pair 25w Mark Levinson ML2’s on a pair of hard... | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities Amps don’t make good bass. Speakers create music, including bass response. Amps control the speakers, especially the bass with damping and current, if not you’ve got crud.Cheers George | |
| Looking for a new preamp I can’t figure out why the "SE" designation "Special Edition" Some better parts usuallyCheers George |