aaronz28
01-22-2009, 07:41 PM
Hi folks,
I'm new to this forum and have some questions regarding extracing maximum performance from my JBL Soveriegns.
Mine are the ones with the 375 horn and the bullet tweeter.
For years, I ran a McIntosh C26 preamp into a McIntosh 2505 (50 wpc) into my JBLs,
but a fellow audiophile turned me onto the idea of bi=amping and then tri=amping once i was able to upgrade.
the speakers are completely original and sound fantastic... but i could use some help with suggestions on matching the best gear to that system.
i wasn't able to afford, or find, a decent crossover that would do three way, but i did find a unit by Pyramid... which appears to be a dj type crossover.
it has multiple crossover adjustments, but fixxed slope of 12db per octave,, which i'm not sure is a good thing for these speakers.
I'm using my Mac 2505 into the horns and tweeters, and a Soundcraftsman pa2x200 (which is 200wpc) into the 15s.
can anyone tell me what the ideal setup would be?
I am currrently bidding on a Pioneer SF850 crossover (as i'm told that is about as good as it gets for vintage crossover gear without spending thousands.)
and i just came into a McIntosh MC275 amp...
i am thinking about selling the Soundcraftsman amp, and using the MC275, but i'm not sure i want to mix solid state and tube amps on the same speakers...
i have to have my MC2505 fixed, so that might wind up for sale as well, in which case i'd find a second Mac tube amp.
can anyone lend some advice as to what the absolute best thing to do with these speakers would be?
I listen to all types of music... classical to classic rock and jazz.
many thanks
aaron
[email protected]
I'm new to this forum and have some questions regarding extracing maximum performance from my JBL Soveriegns.
Mine are the ones with the 375 horn and the bullet tweeter.
For years, I ran a McIntosh C26 preamp into a McIntosh 2505 (50 wpc) into my JBLs,
but a fellow audiophile turned me onto the idea of bi=amping and then tri=amping once i was able to upgrade.
the speakers are completely original and sound fantastic... but i could use some help with suggestions on matching the best gear to that system.
i wasn't able to afford, or find, a decent crossover that would do three way, but i did find a unit by Pyramid... which appears to be a dj type crossover.
it has multiple crossover adjustments, but fixxed slope of 12db per octave,, which i'm not sure is a good thing for these speakers.
I'm using my Mac 2505 into the horns and tweeters, and a Soundcraftsman pa2x200 (which is 200wpc) into the 15s.
can anyone tell me what the ideal setup would be?
I am currrently bidding on a Pioneer SF850 crossover (as i'm told that is about as good as it gets for vintage crossover gear without spending thousands.)
and i just came into a McIntosh MC275 amp...
i am thinking about selling the Soundcraftsman amp, and using the MC275, but i'm not sure i want to mix solid state and tube amps on the same speakers...
i have to have my MC2505 fixed, so that might wind up for sale as well, in which case i'd find a second Mac tube amp.
can anyone lend some advice as to what the absolute best thing to do with these speakers would be?
I listen to all types of music... classical to classic rock and jazz.
many thanks
aaron
[email protected]