robr45
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| Rogue Metis pre amp The CA-301 (only amp I could find a spec for) has a very high input impedance- making it easy to drive for the Metis- which is good because I have read that the Rogue has trouble driving some amps.If this was pure coincidence you got lucky. Howeve... | |
| Tube smell? Me too.The Baby amp from Sophia has a really cool smell. I have had 3-4 different ones over the years and they all smell the same. Charm of tubes... | |
| Nearfield listening Reubent,Listener57;Those Clements are awesome speakers. I remember a local hifi shop growing up carried them. What ever happened to Clements? | |
| Bi-amping B&W 703's Yes, you would use a y-adapter on the amp end if your pre does not have two pairs of outputs. I should have mentioned that. Sorry.Single RCAs come off the pre- terminate into a single female y adapter that splits to dual male RCAs. Repeat on amp/s... | |
| Bi-amping B&W 703's No- you would use both channels on each amp. So you have both channels of amp 1 plugged into speaker 1. One channel on the high frequency terminals, the other on the low. Same thing for speaker 2/ amp 2. This is called vertical biamping and is typ... | |
| Bi-amping B&W 703's That is briding the amps. I would try unbridged stereo operation 1 amp per speaker. That should yield a nice improvement. | |
| Magnapan MMG and Scott 222 Try anticables or 12-20awg solid core copper magnet wire. (cheap at ratshack) It works great.I use 12awg which is the same as anticables but some other guys on the Magnepan useres group seem to like 16-18 guage.Good stuff.-Rob | |
| Give Up? Joeylawn36111,I give you credit for getting it. I just read this and that was my thought initial thought as well. Tell tale sign of a short- you just went too far and guessed how it happened which is 1000 more impossible. My favorite response was ... | |
| B&W speakers running on Mac 4 ohm taps? 4 ohm taps use additional transformer windings and can often deliver more current.I have found this to typically be at the expense of upper frequency sparkle and ultimate drive but it is worth a shot.I am not speaking in regards to Macs, just in g... | |
| HK Signature 2.0 or NuForce AVP-16 I recall many reports of people having issues with the HK unit. You might want to run a search on hometheaterforum and audioasylum.Shopping for a "2ch centric" home theater precessor of yesteryear is fun as hell IMO. You can get really awesome sou... | |
| mixing a digital amp with a proceed amp ? What are your concerns specifically?I dont see any problems at first glance.The Rowland is not a digital amp- class D does not stand for "digital". It has a switching power supply which is frequently considered a digital amp but the output stage i... | |
| smoother, liquidy sound CAP 101 or MF A3.2? Boy I hate to rock the boat but my experience is a little different. FWIW, I am speaking from experience with Classe and MF but not the exact models you are referring to. Hence, I am commenting on what I believe is the "house sound."I would say th... | |
| Bi-amping B&W 703's There is no right or wrong answer here, try for yourself- however horizontal biamping as you have descirbed has the least chance of being effective.Vertical biamping (one amp per speaker) or mono moode on your amps is going to most likely work bes... | |
| EXPERTS: Intg or better amp to improve 2 ch in HT? Integrated for sure. I would add Musical Fidelity to your list, they mate well with the 800 series. | |
| Bi-amping B&W 703's Theoretically monoblock configuration would provide more benefit as each amps power supply is only responsible for producing one speakers bottom octaves- which are the speakers largest demand on the amp.If you were going to go active, then stereo ... |