Accuphase or Leben for heavy metal

@atmasphere Wrote:

@apanhc Just so you know, there's no way to design an amplifier (or loudspeaker) for a certain genre of music. As long as you have the bandwidth and power to reproduce the signal at a lifelike level you're golden, as long as the electronics and speakers actually sound like music (rather than electronics) while doing their job.

If you like to play loud, you might consider more efficient speakers. For example if your speakers were 96dB instead, you'd only need 1/4th the amplifier power to make the same sound pressure and quite often you get greater dynamic contrast and greater detail at the same time.

The greater dynamic contrast has to do with less thermal compression in the voice coils that you get with higher efficiency drivers. The greater detail often has to do with the efficiency as well, since the drivers are often faster.

I agree! 😎

Mike

What speakers do you intend to drive?

Neither ,the AAvic i280 is better then them both .

a cass A technologies and Tesla coil noise cancelling technologies.

the one powerful integrated that does everything well. I heard this against the Accuphase 3000 pass labs, Boulder , and several others a bust hear and around $10 k a Best Buy.

Metalhead here about 50% of the time. The other half jazz, fusion jazz, classic rock, grunge, early American/ bluegrass. For me the right combination is a Cary SLI80HS (80 wpc) and a pair of Volti Razz (96db efficiency or there about). For me a system that does everything really well is important. My room is not that big. I definitely get the energy and dynamics I crave. IMO the key was changing to a horn loaded mid that was non fatiguing and listenable for long periods. The Volti fit that bill in spades. 

The Boulder 866 is exceptional. Power doubles from 8 to 4 ohms. It has complete control over my 4 ohm speakers. Good luck !