JezA;433895 Wrote: > You might get a 20w amplifier to drive a speaker to 'deafening levels' > but the reason you would be being deafened is that it will be clipping > transients horrifically on any material with a decent dynamic range > played back at a decent level. Sure a horn loaded loudspeaker will make > a lot of noise with a low powered amp, but at the expense of some > dreadful colourations, not to mention lots of money. I agree with > Labarum, a 20w/channel amp in a £1k product is just odd, most modern > decent speakers just aren't sensitive enough to be driven effectively by > such a product. I suppose you could listen very near-field though, but > if it was me I'd be looking for a decent amp, that didn't constrain my > choice of speakers or playback dynamic range. After all Phil, you > yourself are using a 90w/ch amplifier to drive a tweeter!
Utter, utter rubbish. -- browellm Transporter >> Kondo M7 >>Art Audio Quintet, Border Patrol PS >> Living Voice IBX/R2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ browellm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14260 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64680
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