jwr159
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| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations ledoux1238 can you talk a bit more about your experiences of using a 20 watt amp with the 8bs? Are you bi-amping. Is the Mactone driving only the mid & high LFTs or also the sub drivers as well? Are you hearing any noise or distortion of... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations There are many ways to integrate your subs. None of them, however are ideal. I am not a fan of using a L & R of mini DSP units as active cross overs between the subs and the mid LFTs. As you indicate, that requires A/D and D/A conversions. ... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations No worries at all ledoux1238 about discussing the 8c woofer upgrade in the context of this thread. Unfortunately in my case, the 8c woofer upgrade was released by ET well after I invested money and a whole lot of labor into building my subs... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations bdp24 thanks for the pointers on the Rymthmik plate amp. My subs, although dipoles, are different. Maybe a dozen years ago, there was a speaker company called Surreal Sound that made a speaker called Fifth Row. They never made it commercially. A f... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations The Carver monos at $9500 is beyond what I wish to spend. Although I have not heard the Quicksilvers yet, I like everything else about them. The utilitiarn look, no hype, no money wasted on marketing, a stellar name behind the brand, great cust... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations bdp24 thanks for the reply. Your are correct, I built my own dipole subs. They are capable of playing up to 200Hz. So I think they will mate well with the 8bs. As for the amps, I would consider Music Reference but they are hard to come by. I w... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations Thanks everyone who posted and contributed to this thread. Very helpful and informative. Most of what I have heard is positive, and it would seem using the 100W QS will be a good match with the 8bs as I plan on using them. And yes atmashpere, I do... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations The plan is to use: 1. a HP filter between my preamp and the QS amp, which will driver only the mid and high frequency panels. I am not sure of the filter frequency just yet, but probably somewhere in the 50-100Hz range. If I'm not mistaken the ... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations Thanks all for the feedback. Just to be clear, the QS amps I am considering are the newer KT monoblocks which are rated at 100W with the KT 150 tubes. I will discuss with both Mike Sanders and Bruce T at EMT if these will work. http://quick... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations Thanks decooney. Thanks for sharing your experiences. Agreed, a call to EMT will likely result in some clarity here. I once measured my existing system using a sound meter in a much smaller room. I was amazed at how loud 95dB actually is. I can'... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations Thanks for the LSA suggestion. I admittadly have limited experience with class D amps, GAN or otherwise. But one benefit of Class D is their lack of weight. A home demo can be arranged w/o incurring a fortune in shipping costs. In general I pr... |