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| Is there any truth to this question? Before SMPS (switching mode power supplies) an amplifier's weight said more than it's wattage rating. Doesn't mean that I would choose a 70 lb, 200W amp to power bookshelf speakers. | |
| Balanced vs standard power Thanks for the follow-up. Would like to see that more often. | |
| Finally saved 3000 what is a good setup. A few amps that caught my eye were a Classe 70 ($475), a Legacy (Coda... $800) and a couple McCormack DNA-1's. Except for the McCormacks, the other two have the option of XLR inputs which would be nice with the Audiolab. | |
| Finally saved 3000 what is a good setup. My favorite "budget" speaker used to be the PSB Stratus Gold. Now, with direct marketing, the NHT Classic Three's and Four's are a bargain. Three's and a B-10d sub for $1100 (new). Stands? Audiolab 8200CDQ CDP/DAC/Pre ... $1400 (new)Lots of used a... | |
| Speakers for Electrocompaniet Nemo monoblocks? NHT Four's? VMPS (pick your model/price)? PMC MB2? | |
| Isolation Transformers--Richard Gray or Torus? "amps" ?http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SOLA-HEVI-DUTY-SHIELDED-HS5F7-5AS-TRANSFORMER-7-5-KVA-240-480-PRI-120-240-SEC-/390373531477?pt=BI_Circuit_Breakers_Transformers&hash=item5ae4135f55 | |
| Carver Amazing Platinum Mark IV Two biggest contentions about those is the expensive amplifier requirements for relatively inexpensive speakers and the open baffle, high Q bass drivers which were, let's say, ahead of the technology. | |
| Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7 You're not going to like this but perhaps the Maggie's are just the wrong speaker for you. | |
| Inwall Speaker Suggestions ?? Bohlender Grabner (BG) and Wisdom. Very dynamic with the bigger arrays. | |
| Amplifier current draw/wattage Bryston 3B SST: 668W @ 150W (8 ohm), 1096W @ 250W (4 ohm)Linn 5105: 25-850W. 4700 ohm input impedance might be interesting for your setup.Divide by 115 to get amps.Didn't find particular specs on NAD. | |
| Please Advise me on Building a System on a Budget For used speakers in your budget, maybe PSB Stratus Golds or Hales R3's.Probably suggest an integrated like Cambridge, Rega, or Musical Fidelity, or just get a new Emotiva. | |
| Speaker cable recommendations please http://www.ultimatecables.com/Hard to go wrong for the price. | |
| Isolation transformer - getting full, rated kva Assumed this was for Europe or somewhere international.Might be some confusion with derating for balanced AC, which isn't the question here and not trying to confuse the OP. | |
| Isolation transformer - getting full, rated kva It's 220/440-120/240. That means that it will have 4 output conductors (not including ground) and they would be wired in parallel for 120V and series for 240V. It's possible to use only half but it's hard to imagine an electrician doing that.Don't... | |
| Active or passive preamp Haven't seen any other published spec's.As I remember, Zout was something like:1400 ohm @ 0 dB140 @ -314 @ -61.4 @ -9and so on, down the 24 steps, except the steps weren't exactly linear (logarithmic) and they never rated for the option of gain. S... |