A tube amp that will give you the power you need at a price that may more comfortable to you is the Rogue ST-100. 100 wpc with the KT-120's and still 75 wpc if you drop down to KT-77's. Of course may not be "high end or expensive enough" for some.
Legacy Aeris owners which amp do you use and why?
These speakers are rated 95.4 dB and are 4 Ohm. Sitting 4 meters from speakers would mean I would need no more than 16 watts to listen at 95.4 dB(which is way more than my normal listening levels).
Since the amp is not powering the bass section what amp would you choose and how many watts. Tube Class A vs Solid State class A ?. 20watts to 80watts?
Excited to hear how Aeris owners get the most out of their speakers. My room is 24 x 24 x 8.
Since the amp is not powering the bass section what amp would you choose and how many watts. Tube Class A vs Solid State class A ?. 20watts to 80watts?
Excited to hear how Aeris owners get the most out of their speakers. My room is 24 x 24 x 8.
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@mckinneymike, thanks I did get myself a tube amp Line Magnetic 508ia here from Audiogon a demo version. It sounds great with my paradigm studio 40 v3. Sometimes I do see vu meter hitting 50% +. I got myself a new pair of speakers, Legacy Aeris and I preferably want to demo a bunch of amps over time at home over a couple of weeks for each amp and see which one I will like. I do like the tube amp I have but I am in the camp that good amps should sound the same as long as they drive the speaker the same and do get stressed. A tube amp that can put out 200 Watts @ 4 Ohm is not just not within my reach and not sure if it is worth the trouble, like heat etc. Direct to home amp manufactures are more generous in my opinion I have to pay for return shipping in most cases which I might just do. |
@jackd the speakers are 92 dB/1 W/1 M and stated impedance is 4 Ohm. I have no guarantee that they could dip a bit with respect to impedance. At this time the recommendation is to feed it 100 Watts of clean power when needed in my room and listening setting. And higher the watts the better. I am on the hunt for 200 Watts of distortion free cost effective watts. Class D seems to do it, but no one like them that much specially for midrange and above only amplification. From all my readings for super low distortion amp is Benchmark ABH2. It is more expensive than class D amps like ATI AT543NC, Nord etc. ATI and Nord also can easily put out 350+ Watts @ 4 Ohm at super low distortion but lot of people do not recommend them. I am also considering Coda amps. But close to clipping some Coda amps put more distortion than Benchmark ABH2 last I checked. It depends though. I just do not want to get huge class A/B monoblock if speakers only need 100 to 200 watts of clean power. Again it is hard to find measurements for all Coda amps through the range of watts at all impedance levels. |
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