twangy57
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| Matching a amplifier to speakers westcoastaudiophile 470 posts 04-29-2025 at 02:10pm Four output KTs are driven pretty hard to produce 180W of power, thus lifespan will not be great, likely below 2000h. I guess it all depends on one's listing habits . I don't think I li... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers Does anyone have a Rogue amp with KT=120's I'am looking at a pair of M-180 mono-blocks with 180 watt's per side. Do these tubes have a decent lifespan? Are they readily available at a affordable cost? I also Imagine with 8 power tubes these a... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers ditusa 1,973 posts 04-28-2025 at 12:09pm @twangy57 Wrote: The only other amp I have found so far that has a impedance close to what I need is the Parasound Halo 21+ Parasound Halo 21+ Input Impedance (SE): 33 kΩ see specifications below... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers Update. Upon talking to several audio shops,they tell me the 40k impedance of my preamp would work fine just about any amplifier,as long as I wasn't running speaker cables over 10 ft. Sound right? | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers I have found 2 amps I like,but both are older. They both have the input impedance I need to get the best results from my Mcintosh mx110,(at least I think so).100k First one is a Conrad Johnson 350sa -input impedance 100k the second is a Audio R... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers blackbag20 545 posts 04-28-2025 at 05:32am @mike4597 Plus one ... Klaus is amazing. I have the Kismet Amp and it's never leaving the house ... do yourself a favor and check this guy out!! https://odysseyaudio.com/ They look nice ,a... | |
| Vinyl Care mahler123 That sounds like a good option,as I probably only have about 20 albums that I will ever listen to that need deep cleaning. I will check out my record shops to see if maybe they offer this service. Thanks | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers emergingsoul 1,246 posts 04-27-2025 at 11:37am Frankly very few people understand how to match amps and speakers. Most of the components these days get along pretty well. Just make sure you’re speaker sensitivity makes sense when you buy a... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers squared80 178 posts 04-27-2025 at 09:35am There is no such thing as ’matching’ amps and speakers. All you need to worry about is power handling, since all amps are literally going to sound the same (save for tube amps). They sound differ... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers "100boardwalk 17 posts 04-26-2025 at 07:05pm I know you’re thinking SS, but if you consider tubes, the MC 275 would likely play nicely with the MX110. My ancient McIntosh XRT 20’s have comparable sensitivity to your new Dynaudio 360 speakers, ... | |
| Vinyl Care rbull11 45 posts 04-26-2025 at 05:55pm Vevor makes an Ultrasonic record cleaner you can get a little over $100 that works well. It cleans 4 to 8 albums at a time depending on which model is used. I purchased to clean about 150 albums and it wo... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers I’am starting to think I should maybe switch my pre-amp to a Conrad Johnson or another pre that has a lower output impedance. I wonder why the MX110 has such a high output impedance,as the C-22 is only 220 ohm’s? Is it a result of the FM tuner? ... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers ditusa 1,969 posts 04-26-2025 at 12:46pm @twangy57 Wrote: ditusa I looked at the schiit tyre,but it has a input impedance of 47k. I'am looking for something near 100k or more as Mcintosh recommends for my MX110 tuner/pre-amp thanks Wh... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers knownothing 1,667 posts 04-26-2025 at 11:58am @twangy57 I might suggest this: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbdfg8-audio-research-vt200-mkii-power-amplifier-silver-pre-owned-tube I have no connection to this seller, just seems like i... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers I have been looking at the spec’s on many of amps recommended here,and few have a high enough input impedance to work well with my mx110. McIntosh states a 40k output on the mx110,and a minimum 100k input on the amp it is to be going into. The P... |