Very nice.
Now if you could get a pair of those Mark Levinson mono blocks that Greg Timbers uses to power the ones in the Northridge listening room, you'd really be on the way.
Very nice.
Now if you could get a pair of those Mark Levinson mono blocks that Greg Timbers uses to power the ones in the Northridge listening room, you'd really be on the way.
Out.
Congratulations Widget!
You deserve to enjoy them!
You think?
80 watts is plenty in my room... perhaps a better 80 watts, but a 500 watt mono block?
I'll be popping in a friend's vintage Beveridge RM1 tube preamp tomorrow, that might be interesting. Don't get me wrong, I know there are better amps, and that big Levinson is a very, very good amp, but after living with these for a day and a half, I realize the 400 watt Halo JC-1s I was considering aren't necessary either.
My current amp has averaging rms meters and at subjectively very loud levels it is putting out peaks ~10 watts... instantaneous peaks might be 80-100 watts, but it is damned loud! I need to fire up CLIO and see just how loud it really is... be interesting to get an in room response measurement too.
Widget
I am actually getting used to them.
Sure would be fun to try an XA1[06]0.5 pair, if they were available.
Sure it's overkill, but perhaps not. I've rarely heard anything to match the E2s driven by those amps in that room, and we weren't playing them loud, probably using 3-5W or even less most of the time. The gear you had at CAS to drive the E2s almost two years ago was good quality stuff, and yes the room was challenging, but the E2s were nowhere close to delivering the same level of performance.
As for loudness, it's easy to hurt yourself with speakers that good. Playing them loud, louder, loudest is just so effortless (with the right amp), because they can handle everything the amp can throw at 'em. I'd need to get a limiter installed to keep me from killing myself.
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This is what you need: http://www.industrial-needs.com/tech...r-soundear.htm
2213 + 2435HPL w/aquaplas + H9800 (Matsj edition)
Careful man, there's a beverage here!
It's dope alright - about 2 Z's worth....over $600.
I still want one !
jblnut
Congratulations Mr. Widget, they look absolutely amazing!
Wow! Just . . . wow!
You are now the custodian of all of our dreams. Allow us to live vicariously through—at least for a little while.
I hope we don't wear you out with questions.
I find this true with my 4345s running bi-amped Crown PS400 and PS200. Even when my wife is listening with me and I sneak the level up a bit, she's comfortable in the room. But once she leaves and comes back, "Would you mind if I turn that down", or (sometimes) she'll just reach for the volume knob. At high SPL they are just so smooth you don't even notice how loud they are . . . or don't care!
I avoided buying Dig even after working with Boz at the Dukes of September concert a year or so back. Always loved him but hearing Dig on other systems had me thinking they'd really overdone the bass to the point of making it unenjoyable. Well, I bought Dig about a week ago when I needed a bit of change to reach Amazon's "free shipping" level on a book. I continue to be amazed at how well the 4345s handle that "overkill" bass and I really enjoy most of the album. I just can't imagine how it must sound on the E2s but I'd love to find out someday. Another CD with similar low-end you would probably enjoy on the E2s would be Jennifer Warnes' The Hunter, if you haven't already.
I stand in awe and can only applaud the chutzpah of what you've done.
". . . as you have no doubt noticed, no one told the 4345 that it can't work correctly so it does anyway."—Greg Timbers
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