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I've thought about this, but removing the drivers, let alone soldering, was too intimidating for me--like you say.
Obvious questions are:
1. what kind of wire? silver? copper? both?
2. and once you have the right wire why not run it directly to amp, skipping speaker cables altogether?
More on Vinnie Rossi L2i. I'll just come out and come clean on this: I am enthralled by the way this integrated amp sounds with the Nenuphars. It is a no joke, jaw dropping experience, blowing out the side walls and back wall and probably ceiling if mine weren't 18' high. And it's so tonally real and present and alive that I just can't find a nat to pick. Except that problem I just posted about it not delivering the big bass. Well, I discovered a way to fix it...now wait for it...TURN UP THE VOLUME. I know, I'm an idiot, but a conscientious one, trying to keep volume levels equal when I go from one amp (the SIT-1) to the other, the L2i. I normally listen in the low/mid 80's db perfect for my size room for jazz and chamber music (which is maybe 72% of my musical diet). Yes, with the level set at 84 db (according to my radio shack thingy) the SIT-1 delivered real bass drum whacks but the L2i needed more juice. Like four up clicks on its 64 step remote volume control (to about 89 db). Voila, like the magical Harry Potter paintings that suddenly become three dimensional, you are immersed in a musical sound field with no lack of bass. (Before accusing me of hyperbole read some of the reviews of the L2i or the separates it's the hybrid of. And remember those reviewers don't have Nenuphars!) So, yes, it's true the SIT-1 comes to life at lower volumes and is the perfect early-morning-before-your-house-mates rise amp (and what an amp). But when the house is yours, you'll want to plug in the L2i and fly.
But what about the L2i in DHT pre mode driving the SIT-1's? Do you get the best of both worlds? No, but you get a gorgeous sound. Something I would be head over heels for if I hadn't heard the L2i going solo. I have to do a little more A/B work against the XP32 to give you comparative details.
I've thought about this, but removing the drivers, let alone soldering, was too intimidating for me--like you say.
Obvious questions are:
1. what kind of wire? silver? copper? both?
2. and once you have the right wire why not run it directly to amp, skipping speaker cables altogether?
More on Vinnie Rossi L2i. I'll just come out and come clean on this: I am enthralled by the way this integrated amp sounds with the Nenuphars. It is a no joke, jaw dropping experience, blowing out the side walls and back wall and probably ceiling if mine weren't 18' high. And it's so tonally real and present and alive that I just can't find a nat to pick. Except that problem I just posted about it not delivering the big bass. Well, I discovered a way to fix it...now wait for it...TURN UP THE VOLUME. I know, I'm an idiot, but a conscientious one, trying to keep volume levels equal when I go from one amp (the SIT-1) to the other, the L2i. I normally listen in the low/mid 80's db perfect for my size room for jazz and chamber music (which is maybe 72% of my musical diet). Yes, with the level set at 84 db (according to my radio shack thingy) the SIT-1 delivered real bass drum whacks but the L2i needed more juice. Like four up clicks on its 64 step remote volume control (to about 89 db). Voila, like the magical Harry Potter paintings that suddenly become three dimensional, you are immersed in a musical sound field with no lack of bass. (Before accusing me of hyperbole read some of the reviews of the L2i or the separates it's the hybrid of. And remember those reviewers don't have Nenuphars!) So, yes, it's true the SIT-1 comes to life at lower volumes and is the perfect early-morning-before-your-house-mates rise amp (and what an amp). But when the house is yours, you'll want to plug in the L2i and fly.
But what about the L2i in DHT pre mode driving the SIT-1's? Do you get the best of both worlds? No, but you get a gorgeous sound. Something I would be head over heels for if I hadn't heard the L2i going solo. I have to do a little more A/B work against the XP32 to give you comparative details.