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| Listening off grid with batteries The older Rowland amps had an option of battery power but they seem to come for sale rarely. Doubt I'd sell if I had one either. There was also N.E.W. Going from battery through an inverter to AC , which may or may not be a true sine wave, then go... | |
| pass lab owners: can i afford one? The question also becomes: What to do with the heat from it in the summer if you are running it 24/7? | |
| toroidal power transformers? Al, that was somewhat biased.Ayre and Onkyo are exceptions for their own reasons. | |
| Accuphase: Bridged or Bi-amped P-4100s Vs P-7100 No experience with Accuphase, other than having heard a couple. Have bridged Plinius and it did change the character only slightly, to be a bit more authoritative. Bridged over biamped easy. Neither speaker looks to be a tough load for an amp rate... | |
| Miltiple amps for stereo Matrix 801's Not exactly.In the context of this discussion and for 95% of the situations: Unless you happen to have amps laying around, one competent amp (or pair of monoblocks) is a better investment in time and funds than two "half" amps.There's more complex... | |
| Miltiple amps for stereo Matrix 801's Don't remember that ever being popular. Probably more talked about than done, much less accomplished successfully. That said, a friend biamped with Manley Snappers and a Coda System 100 on Dunlavy SCIII's with fairly good luck, although it wasn't ... | |
| Miltiple amps for stereo Matrix 801's I assume that's a rhetorical question. | |
| Miltiple amps for stereo Matrix 801's Seen it on here so many times that I cringe every time I see "biamp" in a title. It can be done but, in general, if you're asking, you shouldn't. Conversely, I encourage this learning experience for everyone and wish them luck. It's rarely simple ... | |
| Miltiple amps for stereo Matrix 801's The xover point (380 Hz?) makes passive biamping difficult. However, if you're determined, consider a "pro" amp like a Carver ZR1600 for the bass, which has variable gain. Then again, you could just get a capable amp to start with. | |
| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? My comfort zone for a used, rugged SS amp is around 5 years old, assuming I'll hold onto them for another 5 years at least. Bryston, Simaudio and Classe seem to hold up. Strange... all Canadian A/B heavyweights. Probably shying away from Pass, Kre... | |
| Bridging my power amp Not familiar with the BAT's but...Bridging usually quadruples in power. Paralleling doubles output and makes driving lower impedance speakers easier. Since the BAT is already balanced (differential), one of the reasons to bridge is moot. Thiel CS6... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Where'd you go, Andy? Two months later and no response. That's rude. | |
| GIK vs. Real Traps? Testing labs do not publish data below 100 Hz because it's unreliable. Don't know where these companies are getting their data or what testing equipment they're using. Not saying they're untruthful, just informal. Don't know of any objective tests... | |
| Seeking "Crossover Networks For Dummies," please Wiki is a good place to start and the reference links seemed unbiased.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_crossoverNever understood the "time and phase coherent" argument myself when one side is 90 degrees out of phase and all the other positioning... | |
| If money were no object, what would be in your rig Concrete floors. Atmasphere MA-3's. Another couple tons of air conditioning. Other than that, I'm good. |