Why the hate for mcintosh amps?

emergingsoul OP
Not smart enough to figure out graph.

Ok look at the solid black line between 100 and 1k (bottom scale) markings, you can see that the black line is below 4ohms (left scale) with much of the bass, your sub won’t fix this heavy load on an amp.

so 4 ohms ok vs 8? Have a sub in mix fyi.

I’d try the 2ohm see if it’s loud enough, if not the 4ohm, the 8ohm will not give the best bass but it will be the loudest.

As for your sub, these B&W’s go down quite low, so the sub should be bought in at around 30hz, and the volume level reset for each transformer tap you use.
https://www.stereophile.com/images/616BW802fig3.jpg

Cheers George.

Awesome info. Mr george
using 600 watt monos, so 4 ohms good to do. Interesting that using 8 ohms connection would raise decibel level


does increase in damping factor going from 8 to 4 ohms impact ‘open nature’ of sound? Ie. Need more watts to push thru and fully realize dynamic demands of frequencies

does increase in damping factor going from 8 to 4 ohms impact ‘open nature’ of sound? Ie. Need more watts to push thru and fully realize dynamic demands of frequencies

No, should tighten the bass going from 8 to 4ohm and give more transparency/openness, because it’ll remove some bloat.

Cheers George

Why the hate and disdain for Wide Banders??
I know why folks hate Mac.
But why WBers??

Here you go again mozartfan. No one hates widebanders. No one is even thinking about widebanders, and as long as you like them, why would you care if they did hate widebanders?