DUNTECH SOVEREIGN 2001 vs C7000

Thanks for the excellent reply! What I mean by the 'C7000' that is the current model as of 1996?. The 2001 are the older model.

It's 'bass heavy and slow', isn’t that a ported design term. You would think being that it's an acoustic suspension design, that it’s very tight and controlled. With such fast transient response advertised, it would be tight/fast/smack you in the jaw rock solid! Must be an amp problem (damping=control) or like you said, to small of a room. Mine room is 25'L-17'W-8'H. Is that going to be big enough to let them 'breathe'?!I have a pair on the way.....:)

I'm pretty sure the slowness in the bass is an amplifier problem--although the Sovereign was nominally an easy load to drive, it was not so in the bass. As far as your room size goes, that should about do it--you might try them on the long wall, toed in to the listening position, that's where Dunlavy suggests for his speakers and the Sovereigns are his original design. Just make sure you give them enough juice and they'll sing--another amp that may work well with them might be Spectral, I think Keith Johnson of Reference Recordings used the Sovereigns with Spectral electronics for a number of years. The older Sovereigns were very tolerant of solid state amps which might have sounded a little thin in other applications; don't know about the newer ones. Do you have a new pair on the way or an older pair?

Rc: correct.
Keith ran all Spectral electronics, all MIT cabling, lotsa power. Nothing sloppy about the sound at all.

Sorry it took me so long to respond...went camping.

I have a new-(in the crate) 1998 C7000 on the way. Got a GREAT deal. I feel like I'm going from the minor league to the pros now!

The long wall is going to be tough for me since I have a fireplace on one side and a window on the other. Also since the DS are 34" deep. And I want to keep them a three feet from the back wall, that 6 feet right there. 17'W-6'=11'. So I'll be against the the wall listening to them! No way.

The amp I'm using right now is a Adcom-5800(I have two). Too minor league for the DS I'm sure(Although it does have a damping spec of >1000). I'm looking at buying a used Theta Dreadenaught multi channel amp. Read great things about it. But I'm worried that 200-watts per channel won't be enough juice for the monsters. I want a multi for future HT. The DS come first though..if a Spectral or Krell makes that much of a differance(if heard the Spectral is very fast and the Krell has great bass) than the Theta multi, than I'll get the best(within budget..ha!).
Question- Does a 600watt amp sound have triple the power and triple the control of a 200watt amp? Why do some hi-end amp have a low damping spec like 100? What about the new digital(slim and cool running) amp that are coming out?

Thanks!!
Look forward to the reply.
Paul

I can't answer too much of what you asked, but I'd suggest wait till the speakers come in and see how they sound with the Adcom, then go from there. The newer model may be an easier load than the old Sovereigns. I know of people on this site who drive Dunlavy SC-Vs (the next generation of John Dunlavy's design that most closely equates to the Sovereign) with the 100wpc Aloia amp with great success, so don't get all hung up on power, the Theta would probably work well. You could also ask the folks at Duntech what they'd suggest (I wouldn't be surprised to hear Plinius mentioned; after all, they are Australian) for some ideas as well.