jji666
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| Amp's that are better sounding than a nad 3020 Buy used! E-bay and Craigslist can offer a lot of bargains in that price range. | |
| low bass response +1 on RELs as a good answer. True, the room is also critical, but many of us don’t have choices or simply have different priorities. Subs will help and RELs are fast and tuned for music. Also agree that multiple subs even out the bass response. ... | |
| DAC diminishing returns I don’t want to be duped into buying something I don’t really need. This is a fascinating statement, in that the OP implies that if it improves the sound then it is a matter of "need." It's amazing how us audio freaks have extended Need from f... | |
| Why do hipsters prefer analog? Hey you kids get off my lawn! | |
| cheapest cable upgrade ever I'm dubious of the effect but I agree with those who defend the suggestion. Look, it's one thing to make sure noobs don't spend their money buying a $750 dongle that won't do anything, but these DIY tweaks are what the hobby is about - it's not s... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp Adcom GFA 555 and a Nak PA-7...that's a blast from the past ! They are fun amps. I do have a number of more modern, beefier amps for the Maggies but I've been doing some swapping as I also added some speakers I wanted to hear with the better/n... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp Wow, thanks. So, another question: is there any harm in running 1 channel of each Adcom? | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp Which do y'all think will sound better with KEF R11s: a single Classe CA-200 or 2 Adcom GFA-555's in vertical passive biamp? | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp No, there's nothing precious about the Adcoms. I have them mostly as backups or to run stuff I'm testing. But yes, mostly rock. I've been spending more time listening to my (new to me) KEF R11s. I think I've decided not to bridge the Adcoms.... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp What sound levels are you hoping to achieve? Loud, but I can get there with my current setup and it sounds good. This was just a thought that maybe 800WPC monoblocks would be good to try on the bottom. But not if they're going to struggle bec... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp Vertical biamping is an interesting idea - as I've always used different type amps it's always been horizontal. But I have better amps than the Adcom as a stereo amp to use for the biamping (except the vertical as an experiment). Right now I d... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp Thanks. Seems to be the consensus that it will "work" but not sound great, with some chance of actual trouble. I may stick with the Nak there for a while - it's not bridged, and it's beefy. My 16 year old came upstairs and asked me to turn down ... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp And, why does a single GFA-555 not do it for you, sounds like a room issue or some kind of a synergy mismatch. A 555 is no slouch in stereo mode, 331.9W into 4 ohms. If that’s not enough power, something else going on there There's no problem t... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp Thanks again. There are some posts in various forums that it's worked, but just about as many opinion that it won't. I guess bridged mode isn't all that useful, given that most of the really power hungry speakers are 4 ohms. I 'm sure there ar... | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp Thanks. You really think they'd see a 2 ohm load with just the bass panels? |