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| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker It’s clear that you Benchmark bridging "experts" have no idea what happens to a stereo amp electronically when it’s bridged. Guarantee whoever spends the bucks and does it here, will be back asking for other alternatives after they lived with thei... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker geek101 OP Your prepared to spend $6k for 2 x benchmark's that in my opinion will degrade substantially once bridged.Or get the right amp designed by John Curl, only equaled by Nelson Pass in my books, and get hisfor $6k https://www.audioadvis... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker Now I just have to decide if I need to buy two amps or just live with one. Just Google and read the technical explanations from technical backgrounds of the "disadvantages of bridging stereo amplifiers" Cheers George | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker Read my review of them at Dagogo.com I am not interested in debating my recommendations. That's odd because in your review, there's no mention of how it sounded in bridged mode (or as you call it, mono mode).https://www.dagogo.com/benchmark... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker geek101 OP203 posts11-10-2018 11:56am@georgehifi I cannot bi-amp since Legacy Aeris has the low frequency section already powered. That a pity, would have been perfect, if the upperbass unit had it's own speaker terminals, and the mid and highs... | |
| Tube Amps for Revel Salons prairiedog I’m thinking of going back to tube amps. I would either have to sell my first generation Revel Salons or find a suitablr tube amp that works well with them. The Revels at 87db you need a quality >150w tube amp that has a quality ou... | |
| Time for a Pre change? Need the wisdom... captbeaver Your AA 10T’s at 86db and with an impedance graph that looks like this, I’m with Stereophiles John Atkinson’s opinion of:"Its plot of electrical impedance (fig.1), however, reveals that it sucks quite a lot of current from the partneri... | |
| How good is the McIntosh MC-2300 vs modern SS amplifiers? If I were to make SS amps I would like likely use autoformers because: Judging by this statement, as I know your no fool, and that you have never A/B’d a highly rated solid state amp that’s happy driving into a speaker considered to be a hard l... | |
| Best Preamp New or Used up to $3,000 ?? firstnot OP As I do not have a preamp now I am running the Oppo direct to the Carywhich leads me to another question: Will a good preamp improve or detract from the sound?Thanks,Jeff If you like the sound you are getting then leave it be, as it ... | |
| How good is the McIntosh MC-2300 vs modern SS amplifiers? They were probably good in their day, Roger, but so were many others. But you would have them today as your main amp I think not. A solid state amp that has trouble driving a certain speaker load, can be helped with the use of an autoformer, I say... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker geek101 Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker I would never bridge an amp all you gain is watts, distortion goes up, damping factor is reduced, stability into low impedance’s is reduced, and current ability is reduced. "Basica... | |
| First Watt F7 driving Wilso Sophia II's? The F7 is a fine amp, it’s going to be a bit of a gamble, depending how quite you listen, it’s only 20w into 8ohm and still only 30w into 4ohm, I think you’ll reach it’s limit very early before you get to medium/loud level.The Sofia 2’s are 88db n... | |
| CD Transport that has I2S hdmi output, cheaper the better. Audio Alchemy DDS Pro CD Transport Different protocol I2S also uses a lower end Pioneer Stable Plater, with unobtainium new, PEA1179 laser.Cheers George | |
| CD Transport that has I2S hdmi output, cheaper the better. He is a pretty comprehensive review from one of the Far East publications that may have the answers you are looking for. Yeah it just mentions the laser controller chip, not the laser. SAA7824HL Cheers George | |
| CD Transport that has I2S hdmi output, cheaper the better. I love my Jay’s Audio CDT2 MK2. It has a hdmi i2S output. Thanks Lord but do you know the laser is hard and expensive to get? I don’t want this.https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1645515Cheers George |