High current amp search

@devinplombier    I am not against big honkin Levinson or Krell amps...it’s just that the dividends you get even from the big honkin amps are higher with intelligent stuff than Arnie’s (the A word) archaic doozies. His other half, Paul McGowan was a much nicer guy and also has some nice speakers these days, in case you didn’t know.

But, it would require you getting over some form of fascination (nothing to do with sonics or performance, it’s a pscyhological something else, i’d assume) with Arnie’s things.

 If you have Arnies, i assume you have some room to work with them and can deal with some setup complexity.

Here are some more intelligent options with much greater dividends, if you can pair with your big honkin amps and some subs.

https://www.danleysoundlabs.com/products/sh60/

https://www.pioneerproaudio.com/en/products/xy-series/xy-3b

High tier engineering and sound, not that expensive either...all the glam crap you heard at axpona may feel like a honkin letdown, in comparison.

The ’T’ guy also has the ability to slay your Arnies easily, of course.

No amp killers.

@deep_333 

I love classic infinity towers from the Arnie Nudell era, and these came in various shades of amp-killing low impedance.

That does limit a person’s choice of amplifiers; still, there are plenty of options out there, from the obvious (Krell, Mark Levinson, Classé) to the obscure (Electron Kinetics Eagle 7).

I don’t consider this an issue at all. It just is what it is, and I’m more than happy to live with big honkin amps 😃

Honestly, I don’t think so. And please don’t say the T word 🙏

@deep_333 

Deep, I see we’re going to have to agree to disagree, and that’s fine.

I will say this, though: I don’t partake in the anti-pro nonsense snobbery that’s so common around these parts. I have heard fantastic pro gear and I am quite open to owning pro gear. Like these - yes, please.

https://www.me-geithain-highend.de/de/produkte/me-901k1.html

The two links you gave look interesting. I’ll take a delve. Maybe we don't disagree so much after all

Dear @lukaszwk  : The integration of a self powered subwoofer through a HP filter is not " plug and play "

All of us are accustom to many/some system noise and distortions levels and we like what we are listenning in each one of us home audio system and when the subs are well integrated ( using the subs software for that room integration, precise phase selector choosed, volume level, position and the like ) certainly that inmmediatly the the recordings ( dgital/analog ) through system play could sounds like a " crap " because we are missin " loosing " those noise/distortions that we were accustom too and that in the NEW SYSTEM already disappears or gone really lower and everything in the NEW system is different to our ears but if we made it all in good fashion and with care and patience the rewards are to many.

We have to take in count that in the NEW system with way lower noise/distortions there is no place to quality " problems " in the different system links to hide its real performance and then we have to " fine tuning " the whole system each system link: preamp/linestage, amp, IC cables, electrical power lines, speaker position, even our seat positon, check the new " vibrations " that develops the good subs and many other things.

As I said not " plug and play " and we need to accustom to the new better quality sound that now our system puts us narer to the recording and nearer to the MUSIC to enjoy that MUSIC as never before and of course that we have to hve some track recordings that we know as each finger of our hands to make the tests for that NEW system quality performance levels and that lower noise/distortion home room system levels.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

Dear @lukaszwk  : """ The amount of bass isn't really the problem it's the quality """ 

My advise is still the same when we are talking of QALITY level performance inyour audio home system:

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and your whole system will shines too due that NOW that critical bass range will be handled by a dedicated subs designed with dedicated woofers and amplifiers for that specific range.

With that you can forget of ttttthat high current amp because you just do not needs.

Next an example of the type of subs you need and that not only comes with the high pass filter but has the lower THD around of 0.5% only ! !:

Velodyne Acoustics Digital Drive Plus Subwoofers – Velodyne USA

With your speakers almost no other solution can outperforms my advise if you want to listen a truly high quality level performance from your room/system. ! ! 

Dear friends, sure that I understand that as the OP you are really in deep behind that high current amp aev en if could be not the best alternative for the OP quality system performance and I think tha<t audio forums main target is for help any one of us to find out the " best " alternatives for what we are looking about.

Look that 2.7 ( 2.5 )ohms in the bass means that that impedance is what sees " suddenly " for a few seconds in a very short bass frequency range the amplifier and any 200 watts output at 8 ohms amp can handeled with out been disturbed and even the system owner can't to be aware of because that short term very short bass frequency range comes along other frequencies and in the other side almost all the amps comes designed with an overload margin ( headroom ) to avoid klipping.

With all respect I think that some of us as the OP are " soffocating/immerse " through a " glass of water ".

R.