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| Best amplifier for CLX "What amp are you currently using--Andrew?"Andrew, I use ME amplification, an Australian brand big on current and it's delivery, and highly biased into class A. They're used with my own Lightspeed Attenuator a passive preamp and a highly modded PC... | |
| Best amplifier for CLX Awsmone0, I also own a pair of ML Monoliths that have the latest vapour deposited aluminium coatings as your CLX's have. If you have a good front end cdp go direct if you have volume on the cdp or dac, it maybe your pre that's causing the glare. A... | |
| Best amplifier for CLX Bvdiman: Soulution700Yum these will drive the 1ohm loads of the CLX's nicely, just looked at these doubling wattage for each halving of impedance even down to 2ohm, means good current drive. At idle consumes 200w each, means a good amount of Class... | |
| Best amplifier for CLX I also suggest your read here, the Martin Logan owners forum, as most recommend the Magtech or similar solid state amps for the CLX's.http://www.martinloganowners.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?1-Main-MenuHere is a thread that compares many amps on th... | |
| Best amplifier for CLX Awsmone0, I strongly suggest you read this white paper from Roger Sanders, of ESL design fame, before you make any decisions. As some amps will turn into a virtual fixed tone control and not stay flat in frequency response from 20hz -20khz with th... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics I need to point out to you Bombaywalla that this Green Mountain speaker is far from being a hard load, if fact it's quite easy. As it's a 6ohm average with a not so bad phase angle of -30degrees. The worst load frequency for an amp happens where t... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics 12-10-13: Bombaywalla: RE: Stereophile review of Green Mountain Speakers driven by OTL:They may have given the speakers themselves a good review, but not when it's driven by an OTL amp. And it's those impedances/phase that cause it to act like a t... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics These links will get you there betterB&W802D EPDR load http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/uploads/monthly_12_2013/post-106386-0-82896500-1386705003.jpgB&W802D non EPDR load http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/uploads/monthly_12_2013/post-106386-0... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics "12-09-13: BifwynneGeorge, I did a web search for an article that explains EPDR."Good to see someone is starting to grasp it, I posted (link) 2 graphs of the B&W802D one that shows the impedance and phase angle as separate measurement lines, a... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics BifwynneEPDR is not simple to work out you need Matlabs program that cost + the equipment to measure both parameters, unless you know the resistance and phase (which Stereophile do give) then all you need is the program.Here is a link to the EPDR ... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics "increased emphasis of the upper treble" Not right, "emphasis" is the wrong word it will give a flat response through the audible frequency range and cannot boost at these frequencies thus will not be effected. And yes it will have more presence t... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics "EPDR (equivalent peak dissipation resistance)." Que'est ce se mon amies??? [What does it mean my friends?]"It is used by technical measurers like Keith Howard of HiFi news & Record Review, and John Atkinson of Stereophile when they review and... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Mapman: "Over sweet treble and midrange bloom"You forgot to include the word "recessed" you guys are just too much. Cheers George | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Yes Twb2, unless your prepared do your homework to get the right amp with ELS's, they will be a comprimise at the low impedance + difficult phase angles frequencies, as Roger Sanders ( in his White Paper http://sanderssoundsystems.com/technical-wh... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Beside Roger Sander answer above in my last post which the non believers are conveniently blind to. Here is and excerpt from the Stereo Times review of the difference when driving the Quad ELS2805 (while still hard to drive are easer than most ESL... |