nightfall
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| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? I made the 5 hour drive (each way, not counting gas and food) to pick up the speakers today and all went well. VERY excited to have them home tonight with me. Beautiful Bubinga wood on these. And the surface is textured, a sort of crinkling that e... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Tomic, thanks very much for taking the time to explain things. It's greatly appreciated. I already have the impedance of my CJ in hand ( Input Impedance 100 kOhms).And I can understand the benefits of the external hi pass filters being employed. ... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Fair to say I'm a bit baffled by the widely divergent opinions on the amount of power necessary. I do have a question that has me completely confused, though. It was explained to me, by the current owner, that you connect your preamp via interconn... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Thanks for all of the input. And thanks very much for the offer of help Tomic, I may reach out for setup assistance if needed. I do understand that the manual has a lot of setup information per a discussion I had with Richard Vandersteen, about th... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic - Need 150wpc solid state, 100wpc Tube Thanks Tweak1, appreciate the recommendation. I read through the discussion you started about it, and it was interesting reading. I may have missed something, though, but did you ever receive the LSA Gan 200 that you hoped to compare with it? I a... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic - Need 150wpc solid state, 100wpc Tube Thanks for the BAT recommendation. Thats a very good amp, at an excellent price. However, BAT's are fully balanced designs and not ideal being used single ended with adaptors. I've spoken to BAT in the past, and they strongly recommend sticking to... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic - Need 150wpc solid state, 100wpc Tube I talked to RAAL after the amplifier power needed was specified in every review. They did verify the 150 watt solid state, 100 watt tubed amp requirements. I probably should have pointed out that the RAAL's come with a special interface box which ... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic To Pair With The RAAL Requsite SR1a's? I moved a slightly modified version of this to the amps/preamps forum here. I realized too late, that most headphone oriented enthusiasts simply wouldnt deal with enough speaker amplifiers to answer this. Thanks. | |
| Truly High Efficiency, High Quality, Nearfield Usable, Affordable Speakers, Do They Exist? We are looking at Omega speakers. Will also check on your Decware recommendations, although, they apparently also sell Omega speakers, interesting. | |
| Truly High Efficiency, High Quality, Nearfield Usable, Affordable Speakers, Do They Exist? I've heard many very good reports over the years about Omega and Louis. They are certainly in consideration, just not sure if they are quite efficient enough to perform optimally with 3.5 wpc. . Most Omega designs seem to run about 94db. Granted, ... | |
| Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time" teajay,Earlier in this discussion you said:" When Mike Kay of Audio Archon came over to get his take on the PS speaker he brought that Rush album and played it at high SPL levels, he thought that the system sounded superlative playing this music."... | |
| Best Values In Speakers To Pair With Coincident Frankenstein MKII Monoblocks? keithtexas244 posts06-28-2019 10:13pm"Another you may consider is the Omega SAM monitor. Good luck; great start with the Frankensteins."Over the years, I've heard some very good things about Louis and his speaker designs. I've been intrigued, bu... | |
| Best Values In Speakers To Pair With Coincident Frankenstein MKII Monoblocks? 06-28-2019 1:30pm"If you haven't already, take a look at SONIST speakers. The concerto 4 can be found used for 3 to 4 thousand dollars and would be a great match for your new amps!Good Luck, TISH"Thanks for the suggestion, Tish. I've heard a bit... | |
| Best Values In Speakers To Pair With Coincident Frankenstein MKII Monoblocks? jond06-27-2019 5:59pm"I would highly recommend Audio Note you can find used J’s and possible used E’s for under $5K. Easy to drive and designed to be paired with low powered tube amps. I have a pair of J’s myself and love them a very natural org... | |
| Best Values In Speakers To Pair With Coincident Frankenstein MKII Monoblocks? Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, so far. jond I've really liked what I've heard from Audio Note speakers at shows. I simply wasn't aware they were efficient enough to pair with the Frankensteins. Are the J's their entry level model, and the... |