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In Reply to: RE: Blame the speakers, not the amps posted by Frihed89 on July 13, 2014 at 11:01:35
I understand that the amp doubles power into 4 Ohms, and has even more to offer....... but if all anyone ever needed was a 30wpc amp, why would Pass make these in 60wpc, 100wpc, 160wpc, and 200wpc models? What if one doesn't like the sound of friendly speakers. ;-)
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It's just that some of the more popular multi-way speakers need more than the 60-120W watts that this amp can deliver at 2 ohms! Flagship transistor amps are pushing 500+W these days to handle some of these unruly speakers.
The average audio-enthusiast is caught between a rock and a hard place with his wallet well underwater.
Then again, these combos weren't meant for average people.
I'd like to try a used transistor amp one of these days and my three sets of speakers are friendly loads. I'm pretty sure this one would work.
I have one friendly speaker and the other one is a bully! They fight all the time.
Seriously though, I know what you're saying. I have to choose my amp more carefully when using the power hungry Thiel CS2.4. They sound very nice with a powerful tube amp. The smallest one that I've used successfully is the 100+ wpc Rogue integrated with KT120 tubes. Some more powerful solid-state amps didn't quite cut it. Might have something to do with tube watts vs solid-state watts. ;-)
The Tannoys are much easier to deal with and since my new setup is in a small home office, I am using the friendly Tannoys these days.
Could have to do with the SS amps used had little to No current capacity.
Only the better designed ones do :-)
Note that price point isn't the sole determinant of Current capability .. only design quality.
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