High Current Monoblocks

Let me clarify the 'current' needs of the DA-1.1 etc. First they have a very stable curve @ 6ohms with a brief dip to a little over 4ohms @ 150hz and below that a rise to about 10ohms. As speakers go this is very smooth and easy for most amps to handle. I've found that amplifiers with much less than 30amps don't give the dynamics that these speakers can produce, but more is not always better. Depending on the amp 60 amps may not sound any better than 100amps, there are just too many factors.

thanks,
Lou

Since there's a bit of interest here on this thread, there is yet another great review on Audiocircle just posted praising the synergy between the Modwright and Lou's speakers. See the recent post to the thread by VinylLady.

Grant - I wondered the same thing when I read that.

First, amps are almost ALL voltage amplifiers, not current.
Also, imdepance may not represent the true 'load' of these, or any other speaker for that matter.
Phase angle, the amount that current leads or lags voltage is what really determines the 'load' an amp sees.
That is why lower powered amps with more tolerance for such loading can actually sound louder / better than a 'more powerful' amp driving the identical load.

I'm curious where one sees the specification for how much current an amplifier can deliver. I've always seen watts, never amps. Thanks, Peter