Spatial Audio Raven Preamp
Spatial is supposed to be shipping the first "wave" from pre orders of this preamplifier in May, does anyone have one on order? Was hoping to hear about it from AXPONA but I guess they were not there. It's on my list for future possibilities. It seems to check all my boxes if I need a preamp.
@lynn_olson Bam! Thank you! One sub added. (Old one kept just in case) and will get another. Much better sound experience right away. The pre/system sounded aok with no discernible difference after putting cable into Pre’ Amp’s RCA output. Thought I could do as much but waited untill one of the birth fathers chimed in. Sub set around 50Hertz. Will mess wi/ setting up/down. Another round of thanks. |
@wsrrsw Good, sounds like you are on the right road. Subs are tricky. Good luck. I am sure you are getting some nice imaging and very real sounding instruments with great dynamics. Klipsch and bass... well...... that is not their strong point (but I didn’t say that out loud) |
@curiousjim The answer is probably yes. We have run them with 86 dB 4 ohm speakers and it worked just fine. What kind of load is your speaker? Can you tell me the speaker so I can look up the spec? Unless it is some sort of terrible reactive load and you are trying to create rock concerts in a cathedral they would probably work just fine. |
A pair of subs don’t need to be exotic or anything, just fill in the gap below the horn cutoff. And two are definitely better than one. I prefer stereo bass, but the home theater folks use a mono input to drive 2, 3, or 4. I don’t care about sound effects on movie soundtracks (who cares), but do care about wideband sound. One thing about the Blackbirds is they will tolerate absurdly reactive loads, since they are push-pull Class A and do not use feedback. No protection circuits are needed. |
