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| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice The only issue is whether 50-60 watts is enough power. What are you playing them with now? I am currently using my McCormack DNA 500 (which is a necessity with my Thiel CS5's) to power the Tylers.Have been listening to "The Essential Jaco Pasto... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice I suggest reading Robert Harley’s book "The Complete Guide to High End Audio", paying particular attention to the chapters on amplification. Good reminder to take another look at it. Thanks! | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Which leads me to question, how large is the OP's listening room? Listening room is 25 X 15 X 9. Due to room logistics, speakers are two feet from the front wall and the speakers are about 10 feet from listening position; thus half the room is ... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice The speakers in question are Tyler Acoustics. Tyler advised me they are 8 ohm 88 dbl and should not dip below 6 ohms. | |
| Amp Upgrade Advice Hi,I second the Coda suggestion.Had a CS with Maggie 3.6's and it sounded pretty good.Thanks for listening,Dsper | |
| Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics Hi atmasphere,My room is 15 foot wide and about 30 feet long with nine foot ceilings. Due to room logistics, the speakers are about two feet from the front wall and then ten feet to the listening position. That is to say, about half the room is be... | |
| Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics I am interested in Atma-sphere, having read a lot of good things about Ralph's products.My concern is that they might not be the best match with an 8 ohm 88dbl speaker that dips to 6 ohms on occasion, Any thoughts about that?Thanks for listening,... | |
| Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics Yes, MM5X! My bad. | |
| Signal to Noise Ratio and Amplifier Distortion Hi All,Thanks for the discussion. Sounds like I have a lot of listening to do with my new speakers.Dsper | |
| 100W, 200W, or 300W? Hi OP,I bought a brand spanking new Mac integrated a long time ago because I had always wanted those blue meters. Turned out it was entirely not the sound I really desired not fit with the speakers I found out I liked.Better to find a dealer who w... | |
| Floorstanding speakers - $2-3K Talk to Ty at Tyler Acoustics. He can set you up with speakers that do not need a monster amp to sound good.Thanks for listening,Dsper | |
| thinking of switching from conrad johnson...... Hi,I run a McCormack DNA 500 which was the only amp that did not weigh more than 100 pounds and could handle my Thiel CS5 speakers dipping to 2 ohms in the bass. Also run it with 8 ohm 88 dbl speakers and no problems there either. Having said tha... | |
| Soundstage gone Iviv, Have you checked the cartridge connections yet?If you do not know how to do it, take it back to the dealer and have them check it. | |
| Bob Carver Crismson 275 Stereo vs. Rogue Stereo 100 Hi, Does anybody else have any more comments about the Crimson 275 amp compared to other tube amps?Thanks for listening,Dsper | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? "Put it all together and you blew it once, and are blowing it again. Just not by as much this time"Well, life is a personal journey....I will probably get into trouble for asking this, but what I want to know is what one hears with a 17 Hz bas... |