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| long speaker cables or IC's for budget system Rrog, Depends on the cable, and the length. For most practical purposes, probably won't matter. | |
| Efficient speakers with high powered ss amp? I'd suggest buying amplification for speakers, not speakers for amplification. | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Tomcy6, actually Stereophile measured 130, 195, 332 Watts into 8, 4, 2 Ohms respectively, before clipping (as defined by 1% THD). If one were to use the 2 Ohm measure and work up, it would start to look more like an 80 Watt high current Class AB a... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 I don't take that much stock in the meters. In fact, I wish they would do away with them, and lower the prices accordingly. Keep in mind when you start to go out of Class A, and the volume demands more power, the power needs tends to increase expo... | |
| McCormack .5 with Vandersteen 2CI Yes, McCormack and Vandersteen's are a terrific match. I'd suggest a McCormack DNA 1, perhaps with Steve's mods. | |
| Your perfectly produced/performed studio rock song I don't know about "perfect", but I really like the studio production values of the Tears For Fear video homage to the Beatles: SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVEthe high res version is much better, but here's a low res version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?... | |
| long speaker cables or IC's for budget system Rrog, tube amps are more likely to be more sensitive to length of some speaker cables than ss amps. | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Shsohis, despite it's (confusing?) nomenclature and marketed specs, the Pass Labs XA30.5 behaves more like a very high biased 100 Watt high current Class AB amp than a 30 Watt limited Class A amp. While perhaps at minimum power needs of the Thiels... | |
| What is your listening level? I aim to achieve a scaled to my room proximity to what the music might sound like if I were to hear it live, in what I would imagine to be an appropriate setting. My room couldn't accomodate a symphony orchestra, so the volume would be scaled down... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k New or used? | |
| long speaker cables or IC's for budget system Not so fast. It depends on the cables, the amps, what proceeds the amp, whether the system is connected via single ended or balanced, and the environment in which the system resides.While it is often said that one's gear is better not placed betwe... | |
| Lifespan of a quality solid state amplifier? I'm with Herman on this one. | |
| Building a System around Magnepan Speakers... Buconero117, et al, nailed it. The dispersion charateristics of Maggies demand special room/placment considerations. Tread carefully. | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Cal3713, the XA30.5 is quite a bit different than typically rated 30 Watt amplifiers, though I think I would choose a different Pass amp, it could very well work very well for you with your Thiel CS 2.4's. | |
| From Thiel CS6 to Wilson Sophia 2 or 3 I have not. I tend to agree with Stevecham. |