Opinions requested
Georgehifi, Funny you should mention Krell. Yes they were previously driven via a KAV-2250 which gave up the ghost therefor the Adcom now. That Krell should have been special when it was working? What about the Parasound Halo A21, similar to Krells power delivery, designed by John Curl. And from what I've read come with a very solid warranty plan and backup. Cheers George |
In your opinion would the Rogue Pharaoh at 185 into 8ohms and 350 into 4 ohms be acceptable to drive the 803s I'm not a Class-D lover yet for full range, in the future maybe when semiconductor technology allows it to do the things I'd like to see coming from it. As for the Rogue it would be nice if they gave the 2ohm figure as well, but they hardly do with Class-D amps specs, as they tend not do the doubling act down that far. It should be ok, maybe not the best in my view. Seeing you have a pre already, I'd prefer a medium size Krell or maybe even a John Curl Halo A21 or if you can afford Halo JC1 Monoblocks. Cheers George |
Be careful, there are no load graphs done on these that I could find, but it’s said the 803’s have a minimum impedance of 3ohms in the bass, which could look similar to the 802’s graph of impedance and -phase angle https://www.stereophile.com/images/616BW802fig1.jpg This sort graph indicates the use of an amp with decent current ability in the bass and even up to 1khz. To get the very best from these speakers, I’d be looking at amps specs that can "almost" double their 8ohm wattage (eg100w) to almost double it into 4ohms (eg200w) and almost double it again into 2ohms (eg 400w). Cheers George |
