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Re: What matters most

Posted by Joe II-K on June 14, 2000 at 12:46:51

In Reply to: Re: What matters most posted by Thorsten on June 14, 2000 at 11:47:34:

> I just looked it up. Your Speakers. Maggies. No wonder.
>
> Let me say it again like this:
>
> "If YOU NEED more power than what is available from a 300B (this
> implying the use of Speakers of less than 92db/W/m Sensitivity
> having 8 Ohm or greater impedance in a modest size room) the 845 or
> 211 is a possible option."

Well, yeah. It's more than just power, though. The fact that I wanted to drive Maggies had quite a lot to do with it, but believe me, if it hadn't also sounded damn good, as well as being loud enough, the amp wouldn't have stayed. I'm hardly likely to say "Gee. it sure is loud enough, although it sounds like doo-doo, but here's my $5k anyway". If all I wanted was LOUD I would have bought a 500W/ch SS PA Amp!

> The effect was most dramatic, the Integrated lost much of the
> soundstaging and detail abilities of the poweramp, turned agressive

You've got me scratching my head again. "Agressive, lost soundstaging"? Nope can't relate to that at all, sorry. Sounds like it was broken, or there was some other problem in the chain. My amp just sits there and purrs like a pussycat. It does an audible vanishing act with the Maggies (which is pretty impressive considering they aren't exactly the most precise at imaging).

> and in generall I had not thought much of the Poeramp,

So, why would you recommend it, if you weren't impressed by it?
That puzzles me. Come on, Thorstem admit it, you DID like it at the time, it won't kill you :-).

Anyway, enough, already. What I really wanted to know was how well the Baransus drove those Watt/Puppies?

Cheers, you've been a good sport.

-Joe.

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