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02-13-11
My amp would give you what you want...almarro 318b...18 high ... Larryken
02-13-11
If you like the sound of set, it will be difficult to move a ... Sidssp
02-13-11
You might want to try an otl by atmasphere for example. ther ... Mechans
02-13-11
I have auditioned the coincident statement linestage using m ... Montejay
02-13-11
I tend to agree with both sidssp and mechans, either the car ... Rfogel8
02-13-11
Something`s strange here.your speakers are quite simillar to ... Charles1dad
02-13-11
The eight watt frankenstein is a different animal. i owned a ... Azaud
02-13-11
Rfogel8,i was present at that session and to be honest the f ... Charles1dad
02-13-11: Dbrewer12345
Thanks everyone, now I am more confused than ever:).
After reading the replies, I took some measurements. WIth full gain (0.7 V AC input) to one amp and the other turned off, my Extech spl meter (c weighting, slow response) read only 85 dB both at 1 m from the drivers in front and at the same distance from the side mounted woofers. According to my knowledge, if the speakers really are 97 dB, then at -12 dB, the speakers are only seeing about 1/16th of a watt. Under the same circumstances a voltmeter placed across the speaker terminal read about 1.4 V AC. The current through the speaker cable was about 0.05 A AC. I am not sure if the electrical measurements have any meaning, as they were taken with an ordinary multimeter and the AC settings may only work for 60Hz. Is this an indication that I am not getting the power I should be from the amps?
The amps are original version Cary Cad 300se's. From what I can find they are somewhere between 15 and 18 years old. All tubes are new with the exception of the rectifier tube. As far as I know, the rest of the parts are original.
I would appreciate any insights.
Thanks again,
Dave
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02-13-11
Dave one point to keep in mind is that israel bloom used you ... Charles1dad
02-13-11
After the above post, it dawned on me that i should be takin ... Dbrewer12345
02-13-11
I can see no reason why the coincident technology frankenste ... Allchemie
02-13-11
not a good idea. you're probably clipping the amplifier sev ... Almarg
02-13-11
Hi dave. glad your enjoying my former speakers. regarding a ... Franks
02-14-11
I have owned two models of coincident speakers (and many oth ... Mmike84
02-14-11
Mmike84, i agree israel is quite approachable and refreshing ... Charles1dad
02-14-11
Almarg, a friend of mine has the coincident dragon and anot ... Allchemie
02-14-11
I'll add to what charles1dad said regarding the cary's: don' ... Onemug
02-14-11
Hi al, i would suggest getting in touch with israel at coinc ... Montejay
02-14-11
We have a set of total victories- they are an easy load but ... Atmasphere
02-14-11
Greg, mike, montejay, thanks very much! excellent info, par ... Almarg
02-14-11
It's nice to hear the there will be dragon mk2. i had a fri ... Brf
02-14-11
Brf, like you i own the total eclipse ii speakers and they a ... Charles1dad
02-15-11
There's also the difference in impedance - the tv2 hovers ar ... Palasr
02-15-11
If you can find them used, you may want to look at manley ne ... Pmburnett
02-15-11
Palasr, the tv2 is benign enough that our smallest amp, the ... Atmasphere
02-15-11
Hi, pmb,who knows which is better, what`s obvious is that yo ... Charles1dad
02-15-11
Charles1dad, i am enjoying my manley's very much. it seems t ... Pmburnett
04-21-11
Dave, for the sake of followup after such an interesting thr ... Charles1dad
04-03-12
You may be listening to the wrong tube. i'm driving mine wit ... Fstein
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