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| Magnepans stewart0722, The Magnepan 2.5R are 84db (the 3.7 are 86db and the 2.7 are 87db).. I would consider all of these as inefficient speakers but not sufficiently so to rule out the use of the 60 watt Vac Avatar as long as the room isn't too large ... | |
| Magnepans stewart0722, Thanks for your clarification. I agree with everything you stated in your last post, especially that flea watt tube amps should be avoided. But I don't think you or I consider the VAC Avatar to be a flea watt amp at 60 watts and... | |
| Magnepans stewart10722, I agree that the Bryston 28BSST2 mono-block amps would probably be the best sounding amps for Natureboy's 2.5 speakers. The bad news is that a pair of these mono-blocs new were about $15,000 (Natureboy didn't state h... | |
| Class D Technology Erik, I agree with you that, if I can't detect any issues in the audible range on my current class D amps due to their switching frequency being not high enough, than there is no need for concern and I should just enjoy them and my music. Act... | |
| What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz? Mapman,atmasphere stated:" The room will have some influence certainly, but if you really want 20Hz response **with any sort of dynamic range**, its not going to be a small speaker. Note emphasis."As far as a speaker being relatively flat down t... | |
| What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz? Mapman,Even if you were to find 2 ch speakers or subs of any size that were flat down to 1hz +/- 0 dbs, the unfortunate truth is that the physics of acoustical sound wave propagation is going to ensure you don't perceive flat bass response in your... | |
| Magnepans randy11:"or use a transistor amp (MOSFETS anyone) in a topology that sounds tubeyadd a real tubey preamp"The better class D amps usually do use MOSFETS due to their high quality sound and ability to turn on/off very quickly. MOSFETS are excellent ... | |
| Class D Technology Hi George, I didn't intend to twist your words, sorry. I reread your posts and I get that you are waiting for the switching frequency to be significantly raised before you'd be willing to 'switch' to one. I understand the theory that th... | |
| Magnepans Natureboy, I don't want to talk you out of using tube power on the 2.5 Maggies, they have a ribbon tweeter that I would imagine sounds great driven by tubes. The VAC Avatar is a very good tube integrated but the truth is that 60 watts may not... | |
| Class D Technology " Mid fi has a negative connotation in these parts. That’s all. One can either laugh or be insulted. Best to not use the term unless that is the message intended." Well said, mapman.Ralph (atmasphere) stated:" What I'm seeing in class D is s... | |
| Magnepans All, In my last post I mentioned that I'd heard it mentioned that Magnepan does not reccommend using class D amps to drive their speakers. I went to their website and found out this is not totally accurate: They recommend class A/B amps t... | |
| Magnepans Nature Boy, I agree with gdnrbob, that Ralph (atmasphere) is probably the most knowledgeable about driving Magnepans with tube amps. I know Maggies are all a relatively stable load of 4 ohms, only dipping slightly below this at certain freque... | |
| Class D Technology Thank you maplegrovemusic and Kijanski, I'm glad you thought it was a useful post. I did a lot of research on class D amps and technology before buying my 1st one about a few years ago. Guido Corona, mapman and atmasphere helped me a lot... | |
| Class D Technology Seanheis 1,If you're only interested in sound quality and nothing else, you're likely missing the finer points of a good class D amp. IMHO, the ONLY good point of a class A amp is its sound quality. If you would list all the pros and cons of a c... | |
| Anybody else using a distributed array sub system? Hi ajant, You seem to have a good grasp on the benefits of DSA systems. In my opinion, everything you stated is correct. I wanted to add that a DSP system and a DSA system do not deliver the same results. A DSP system may give you good ... |