irvrobinson
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| bi amp imrpoving? "Hello Simon,For an amplifier with two outputs on each side (such as the Spectron), is there a theoretical or actual advantage to using one output for the low frequency drivers and the other output for the high frequency drivers?"I'm not Simon, bu... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? Psag, that's different. I thought you were referring to passive bi-amping. IMO, active bi-amping can be big win, and a single megawatt amp with a passive crossover have to be of *very* high quality to compete. I think we always have to preface que... | |
| bi amp imrpoving? "Would the use of a single amplifier with megawatt output, used with medium-efficiency speakers, negate any possible additional benefit of biamping?"In almost every case, yes. | |
| bi amp imrpoving? "Keep in mind that it is not REALLY necessary to bypass, or delete, the existing crossovers in your speaker system, to experience most of the benefits of active biamping."For MOST of the benefits of bi-amping, yes it is necessary to go to an activ... | |
| Polk Audio SDA 2 question I'd recommend against the SDAs. Speaker technology has come a long way since they were designed, and you can do a LOT better, unless they are super-cheap. The SDAs have a typical "saddle" shaped response curve, with exaggerated bass and exaggerate... | |
| To Preamp Or Not To Preamp,That Is The Question I had one of these Adcoms, in the early 1990's when they were new. I used it with the variable output directly into an amplifier, and thought it sounded just fine too. If you're happy that's all that counts. End of story.The real problem with the ... | |
| Power Cable options for Levinson 300 series To the OP, I'm sorry to have taken this thread down the 336 path when you were asking about the 33H. ML says the 33H dissipates 360W at idle, so the pair will sink a rather spectacular 720W at 120v just sitting there and waiting for a signal. You ... | |
| Power Cable options for Levinson 300 series Jylee, you are absolutely, positively incorrect. My power figures, every single one of them, came from the Mark Levinson owners manual for the 336. If you don't believe me, you can go to their web site and download the PDF for yourself.In fact, ev... | |
| Power Cable options for Levinson 300 series The standard power connector in the aftermarket cable industry is the 15amp IEC connector. The 336, 33H, and the 33 cannot use a 15amp connector, because even the baby of the bunch, the 336, needs 17.71amps at 120v to reach full rated power with 8... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music Rleff, as I mentioned in my posts, I think there's a lot to love in Sound Lab speakers. They are remarkable. But when your wife is a drummer you get a tendency to judge speakers by how realistic they make drum kits sound. I've also been fascinated... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music You know, now that you mention it, I think the Sound Labs were driven by Audio Research tube amps. My last opportunity to listen to SLs was a slightly used pair of A1 px (the audiophile version) in the owner's home. So you may have got me on that ... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music Mapman, I was always listening to high quality solid state electronics, and I'm not one to believe that there's a significant difference between electronics at that quality level. I know that might be heresy here, but I'm pretty sure the differenc... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music The two speakers that got cymbals right were Revel Ultima2 (Salon or Studio, it makes no difference for this test) and B&W 80xD (I've listened to the 800D & the 802D; they were equal in this regard). I bought the Revels.A stick hitting a c... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music I'm around a lot of live music, including right in my home or listening room. Anyone that says you can't reproduce live sound, to the point you can't tell the difference, on an audio system, is making too broad of a generalization. I've never hear... | |
| Speakers with deep base Slightly used Legacy Focus meet your requirements. Either two or three 12" woofers per speaker. (The older models have three per speaker, the newer ones two.) 95db/2.83v efficiency, so your watts go a long way. I don't know of any other speaker th... |