Dali MegaLine overviews from owners ?


Hello,
Considering a pair of MegaLine and trying to get any opinions from owners and listeners regarding the hardships and happiness these speakers carry.
Thank you in advance for any comments.
Terry
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Terry, give Albert Porter a buzz, he's the resident GON expert on the Megaliners and how to make sure you maximize their potential with modifications to their crossovers.
Albert likes his speakers a lot. We have a customer running a set also; what we have found is that the speaker is very easy to drive and does not need a lot of power for thunderous bass- 100 watts top and bottom is plenty.
Atmasphere, first off, I am not trying to be a jerk (but probably am doing a good impression of one with this post!)

You state that the Megalines don't need a lot of power to sound great, and to get thunderous bass. Correct?

And yet, Albert Porter is using four VTL Ref. 750's for his speakers. (Bi-amping is, of course, required for these speakers.) That is 1500 Watts per channel. That is a bit more than the average person uses for speakers. In addition, the recommendations from Dali are that 100 wpc is the minimum amount necessary, up to 1000 wpc.

Now perhaps Albert just loves his VTL Ref. 750s that were "required" to run his previous speakers, (the SoundLabs A1's, if I remember correctly), and he hates to give them up. (I know that if I went to a more efficient speaker, I would hate to give up my Lamm amps as well, even though I might not need the power!)

Anyway, it just struck me as "funny" that you state they are easy to drive, and yet you mention Albert Porter, who uses a lot of power to drive his. Perhaps Albert will chime in and let us know how much power he thinks is really needed to power these to their proper levels.

The reason I bring it up is that if Terryakhan is thinking of buying these and using small amps (such as 100 wpc amps that you mentioned) with them, that it might not work for him, depending on his room, and other factors, of course.

My two cents worth.