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| Forte Model 55 Amp I know that it is 100 watts per channel, class A/B, has single ended and balanced inputs. After that, I got nothin. | |
| How to shop for speakers? Sensitivity won't matter, if you have inductive speakers and enough power to get to the listening levels that you require. I looked up the Mac MC275, it is 75 watts, you should be fine with a minimum of 86db sensitivity. That will give you 101db o... | |
| How to shop for speakers? Speaker typically lean toward having a inductive load or capacitive load, these are normally called phase angles, they are measured in degrees. Phasing that tends toward the plus side(inductive) are tube friendly, speakers that lean toward the neg... | |
| Is speaker accuracy important for a rock speaker? I agree with Onhwy61 100%. The Klipsch are great. Back in my Marcof/SpeakerCraft days, we did alot of research with a couple hundred people. By a large margin, the rockers liked a fairly accurate speaker, except in the bottom end. We ended up maki... | |
| How to shop for speakers? Methodology????? A great thread on its own... My first impressions are based on tonal balance, is the bass tight, fast, full, boomy??? Is the mid range through the top end articulate, detailed and smooth? I've built alot of speakers in my time, I'... | |
| Best Integrated or Power Amp Under $1K? Depends on budget and your taste, but at an easy budget, the Musical Fidelity A3CR is very nice and a steal. Usually around $600.00 these days. If your taste are more toward big power and forward sounding, The Dussun V6i.If the funds Permit, The C... | |
| How to shop for speakers? I would only throw into the mix, clearly understand your own listening room before listening to any speakers. I know my room, I know how I have to lay out my tunes for best results. I know that very small, very low sensitivity speakers won't do we... | |
| Speaker cabinets: How important is inert I'm with you on that brother | |
| Speaker cabinets: How important is inert "One can model a number of different box volumes and see a significant change in performance under 100 Hz but virtually no impact on the performance above"Hi Mlsstl, I was only addressing cone speakers. VAS affects all cone speakers in a box regar... | |
| Speaker cabinets: How important is inert "but by itself, a cabinet that is simply dense doesn't address the issue"Actually it does address the issue. Not 100% But generally. A speaker has a specification called vas, this is the Equivelant air volume or the volume of air that has the same... | |
| Speaker cabinets: How important is inert With Traditional drivers, The lower the resonance of the cabinet materials used, the less you hear the cabinets in your music. Typically this is achieved by useing very dense materials. Bracings purpose is to reduce cabinet resonance. If you can c... | |
| Vandersteen 3A sigs, whats wrong here. Alot of great answers above, if one of these do not answer your question, its possible a speaker problem. To put this all together, Start easy, check your speaker wires at the amp and the speakers, + to +, - to -. Next, temporarily move your speak... | |
| Goetz speakers......ever heard of them? I had an entry level pair years ago,(1983) nice cabinets, 8 inch 3 way. They had a Seas woofer and mid and an Audax Poly Carbonate Dome. I don't recall his first name, but also sat in front of Some Goetz top end at that time that he brought to St.... | |
| Conrad Johnson, Krell, Creek integrated amp?? Jim, My first recommendation was for a Dussun, because of the sheer value, Unsound is absolutely right about the McCormick, but I clearly understand what you are saying about the integrated, I have fought with it myself. If your budget allows, I h... | |
| Conrad Johnson, Krell, Creek integrated amp?? Hi Jim, Dollar for dollar a strong contender would be the Dussun amps out of China. The T6 ($700.)would be a fair comparison @ 100/150 watts 8/4 ohm. The V6i ($1100.00)@ 150/300 8/4 & the V8i ($1500.)@ 250/5008/4. I haven't seen anything compe... |