opaqueice wrote: > Different speakers sound REALLY different. Same goes for rooms and > room placement. But different amps and sources sound almost exactly, > if not exactly, the same. So IMO one should first optimize the > speakers, and only then look at the rest of the system.
Speakers require different amps. Lowther's http://www.lowtherloudspeakers.co.uk/ are extremely efficient and can be happily driven by flea powered SET amps. The worse speakers I have owned where the original "large" Advents, which required 60W per channel and didn't sound right until you had 200 W/ch. Quads require lots of current, not so much as power, so you have to match to them as well. Horns are efficient, and can sound great with very little power. I am sure there are many others. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
