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| Class A SS vs. Class A/B SS The '30 watt' Pass 30.5 is available in form of an integrated...the INT-30 and really puts out closer to 100 watts by 1% distortion. By than it is firmly in A/B.So, if you can 'make do' with 30 'a' watts, the Pass may workThe INT-150 is an A/B des... | |
| W4S ST-1000, How Loud Should It Play? Al, Right you are. And from a personal standpoint, I simply NEVER play my panels loud enough to get 'slap', what panels do when they bottom out. You also bring up one of the really big differences between commerial sound gear and home audio. Profe... | |
| electrostats vs ribbon drivers Set up properly, Maggies are not necessarily 'hot'. They actually have a slight rise in the bass end to compensate for the cancelation that occurs from front / back interaction. Listen to the exact edge of the panel and you will hear......nothing.... | |
| First Watt: current vs voltage Good discussion. I've seen a particular modder design series crossovers for Magnepan panels.Makes me wonder if this would be the way to go with higher powered tube gear, like the ARC stuff, which I sometimes seen mentioned as playing well with Mag... | |
| W4S ST-1000, How Loud Should It Play? ICE amps......virtually all the ASP module amps are strictly time limited at full power. The Wyred amps are near-clones of the PSAudio offerings of a few years ago. http://www.icepower.bang-olufsen.com/files/solutions/icepower1000asp.pdfNOTE: the ... | |
| What will raising the Va of atransformers provide? Larger transformers will have a much larger turn-on current inrush.Not necessarily bad, but should be considered. Maximum from the wall, even a 20a circuit is what......1800va? For larger transformer(s) to be effective, this amp will need a dedica... | |
| How good is Emotiva 2 channel gear?? I don't know about continuous hi-current. Even my power hog Maggies have a 4 amp fuse for mid/hi freqs. Hi current should be at the expense of voltage, right? How long will output devices last if subjected to 20 or 30 amp peaks too frequently?But ... | |
| How hot is pure Class A solid state vs. SET? Sheesh!When somebody says....'Do the math'! You take them seriously.And yes, following all those conversions thru......spot on. For the class 'a' folk, that's why a cabinet or other enclosure is generally a bad idea. Solutions? out there, and mayb... | |
| How hot is pure Class A solid state vs. SET? Al touches on it without being .....explicit.Heat and temperature are 2 different things. A lit match has a far higher temp than even the most ambitious amp, while 100lb of class 'a' will heat a small house.So, while the 100watt bulb will burn you... | |
| Monitor help.. I know I iknow... lots of threads Too Bad you don't have room OR budget for Magnepan. The 3 series and some earlier panels came with what is considered one of the truly fine ribbons ever.If you could like with 'em on the 12' wall, maybe some MMGs? just at budget. | |
| Magnepan 1.6 active 24db slop better than stock? Darn it Eld, you are right! Less need for padding resistor, if you were so inclined in the first place!In my case, I kept away from the urge to install one by the simple method of flipping my panels around and listening to the pole piece side. Thi... | |
| Magnepan 1.6 active 24db slop better than stock? With 'ya on the thumps. A nasty thing to do to a tweeter. How about a turn-on delay relay? That help?As for the x-over. I'm going with the measured results from Stereophile. The 2 drivers have very equal output at about 600 hz +-20hz. They are ind... | |
| Magnepan 1.6 active 24db slop better than stock? Stereophile test shows x-over freq to be 600hz. Knee frequencies are +- about 100hz from that. Hi pass is 6db oct consisting of caps ONLYLo pass? 12db per octave and includes an inductor. http://www.stereophile.com/content/magnepan-magneplanar-mg... | |
| Yamaha NS 1000M Find Speakers don't have watts.You could hook 'em up to a couple kilowatt monoblocks and have no problems. Just don't crank it to the clipping / distortion level. I also have no idea where the manufacturers get the rating attached to a speaker. Sine wa... | |
| solid state vs tubes--with a twist Carver may be nutty, but he isn't crazy.His M400t, which I had for 2+ decades was nice. Clean with good dynamics it drove my MG-1 panels very well, right up to clipping. The method of making the amp match was to hook the Carver amp and the 'refere... |