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| Something Actually New/Innovative, In Audio No specs, like frequency response or dynamic range, etc..?Count me add one as dubious of it’s high end applications. Remember glass speakers? | |
| Thiel Owners @jon_5912, It’s been 50 years since my middle school / high school physics classes, but I seem to remember: current X voltage _______________ = Watts impedanceI’m rounding the 3.7’s as a 2 Ohm load.Space is the ultimate luxury. I’m envious that... | |
| Thiel Owners ^Most driver damage occurs when people try to play too loud with underpowered amps. | |
| Thiel Owners ^With the right amp you can play these speakers pretty loud. Jim recommended up to 600 Watts per channel and used a Krell FPB 600 for them. | |
| Thiel Owners I suppose it’s a good thing that this amp protects against overload, but I can’t help but think having extra power margins into lower impedances and the superior frequency linearity that come with it, wouldn’t be better. I’d rather an amp just kee... | |
| Thiel Owners @thoft, sounds like a nice piece for a different application. | |
| Thiel Owners @yyzsantabarbara, There are different types of distortions. Clipping is the consequence of some distortions. The Benchmark is somewhat unique, I was wondering just how it’s feedforward mechanism works when confronted with low impedances? Does it... | |
| Thiel Owners @jon_5912, Before I forget, let's remember that those calculations were for a 1 meter distance, not the 3 meter recommended distance. Even allowing for the greater efficiency of doubling the channels, and the typical room gain, in practice we can ... | |
| Thiel Owners @yyzsantabarbara,@yyzsantabarbara, “A shame these things cost money.”Haha😄 | |
| Thiel Owners @jon_5912, I think you mean 64 Watts for 102 dB. And one would need 256 Watts for 108dB. Now one would not ordinarily play Thiel’s that loud, but should it happen you wouldn’t have to worry. Ultimate volume levels are a Thiel weakness. For me the... | |
| Thiel Owners @yyzsantabarbara, I’m a firm believer in working backwards: budget, room, speakers, amplification, etc.. But I offer this with sincerity: perhaps your affection (which might be well deserved) for the Benchmark might lead you to more compatible spe... | |
| Thiel Owners Let me add that theses impedance loads are typically best served by ss amps. Unlike tube amps, ss amps don’t clip gracefully. When ss amps clip, it’s sudden and ugly. With ss amps t’s best to keep far distance from the clipping point. Fortunately ... | |
| Thiel Owners @jon_5912, That’s not quite correct. They’re spec’d at:90 dB at 2.83 V 1/mnot 90 dB at 1Watt 1/mYou need to drop the sensitivity by 3dB for each halving of impedance below 8 Ohms.I don’t know what amp you are using to drive which speakers, but it’... | |
| Thiel Owners @thoft, the original Krell FPB's ("Full Power Balanced") are designed to work best through their balanced inputs, though if you wanted to direct connect to a high bit, high output DAC the RCA inputs might have an advantage to avoid bit stripping. ... | |
| Thiel Owners @yyzsantabarbara , If an amp can't double down into lower impedances, at higher volume levels it can lead to frequency linearity issues. The Thiel's tend to have fairly steady impedance loads, so it might be less of an issue. FWIW, considering eve... |