Jim's Powerful Sound
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No-one should ever be exposed for any length of time to any of their personal music or gear Kryptonite just to make others feel better about their own preferences… just way too cruel.I don't mind people writing about classical music, as long as i don't have to listen to it !
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I’m shockingly way to ocd on my writing, it’s my Achilles heel but it does read as intended though. I try and simplify as best I can but I’m never happy till it says what I actually mean tho.
Sorry my edit was meant to be funny. No place for ocd on this forum, btw
Ok, like a big powerful SS or KT tube amp driving a heavy woofer then
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I don't know why it needs so much power. I was told the Lamm was great but could not hold it together at higher volumes. The manufacturer makes the amp specifically for that speaker and its massive.
I think the efficiency is rated around 90 or so. But it seems efficiency is not all that matters when it comes to a need for power. Another person said to me a paper driver that is 18 inch has a lot of physical weight and needs a lot of power to move it without distortion.
I think the efficiency is rated around 90 or so. But it seems efficiency is not all that matters when it comes to a need for power. Another person said to me a paper driver that is 18 inch has a lot of physical weight and needs a lot of power to move it without distortion.
The sensitivity is rated at 95 dB. A paper driver weighs less than a number of other driver materials, if I remember correctly.
Yes, agree.
My PAP 15" driver speaker is rated 96db. And my 17 watt or 40 watt amp.will drive it. But PAP seem to like Pass amps. And the ones that are 250 watts or more.
Maybe it's a different topic, but sensitivity is something like 1 watt at 1 foot. I'm not an engineer so thats a very simple value. But that one watt is not getting you to 85db sound at the chair. When you go to listening level volume, the math is going to say your pushing higher watts.
And, I don't believe that math is telling the story on driver control.
Look at the amp PBN builds to power his speaker. This is what the person I know was told to.get to power the speaker properly. It took 2 men from a moving company to set them on the stands PNB also makes.
Olympia EB-SA2 – PBN Audio
pbnaudio.com
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Peter Noerbaek uses and remanufactures drivers with lightweight cones.
Jim would remember better, but I have heard at least four different amplifiers on the MR!777 at Jim's house. The giant MR!777 is not difficult to drive.
1watt at 1 meter.Yes, agree.
My PAP 15" driver speaker is rated 96db. And my 17 watt or 40 watt amp.will drive it. But PAP seem to like Pass amps. And the ones that are 250 watts or more.
Maybe it's a different topic, but sensitivity is something like 1 watt at 1 foot. I'm not an engineer so thats a very simple value. But that one watt is not getting you to 85db sound at the chair. When you go to listening level volume, the math is going to say your pushing higher watts.
And, I don't believe that math is telling the story on driver control.
Look at the amp PBN builds to power his speaker. This is what the person I know was told to.get to power the speaker properly. It took 2 men from a moving company to set them on the stands PNB also makes.
Olympia EB-SA2 – PBN Audio
You're welcome, Peter. This system with your fantastic speakers was an extraordinary experience.
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