The alternative is to own amps that will drive anything. I was lucky enough to buy several Class A amps that were stable into 1 ohm loads early in my audio hobby - a pair were driving the heck out of Apogee Scintillas at 1 ohm setting.
We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often
Sorry I know this is a bit of a rant, but come on people!!
Too many audiophiles find speakers which are hard to drive and... stick with them!
We need to reject hard-to-drive speakers as being Hi-Fi. Too many of us want our speakers to be as demanding as we are with a glass of wine. "Oh, this speaker sounds great with any amplifier, but this one needs amps that weigh more than my car, so these speakers MUST sound better..."
Speakers which may be discerning of amplifier current delivery are not necessarily any good at all at playing actual music.
That is all.
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This thread got seriously above my IQ this page, I've been able to play in waters previously too deep because my family took care of me in their passing and I was living within my means before that. Anyhow I learned the hard way about how dull and lifeless a pair of speakers can sound without enough juice.
Here's where I get confused and I hope somebody can explain it in simple terms. Why does huge power matter when I'm listening between .5-5 watts? My speakers sounded dull and lifeless until I turned the volume past 90 db so I swap out my 300wpc and replace with a couple mc 611's and suddenly low volumes sound dynamic? Shouldn't any amp have power to spare at 1 watt? I've shipped several very highly regarded speakers out because 250 wpc wasn't enough to 'wake them up'. I only mentioned the mac model because IDK if output transformers on a SS amp are a factor in my question. |
@erik_squires Wrote:
100% correct! See articles below: Power compression Vs Thermal distortion in loudspeaker drivers: Mike https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-compression-vs-thermal-distortion-loudspeaker-alexander-wilson/
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this may help... ... also don't confuse input sensitivity of an amplifier with its power output
I watched the video, not sure PM did the job of explaining the difference between the quality of a Cambridge audio watt vs the BHK. How would somebody confuse power output with input sensitivity or is input sensitivity a possible reason for the low volume differences I'm hearing? |
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