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In Reply to: RE: James Bongiorno's Maggie set up advice posted by russ69 on January 25, 2015 at 11:08:14
I had both the original Ampzilla the the 'zilla II nethier of which could drive a lower than '8 ohm' Tympani. When they were reduced to '4 ohms' The 'zillas' was also reduced to being boat anchors (also having to add that the fan in the original 'zilla was way too loud and annoying to enjoy listening to music, but there were tricks and replacement fans to address that situation - I still have a 'zilla II and its fan noise problem was addressed by its manufacturer (no longer being JB himself.
IME (since the early 70s) it is not possible to avoid a sweet spot using any Tympani AND if you manage to do so you don't have them set-up optimally and then don't sound their best sitting anywhere. If one were to attempt measuring distances (feet/inches) between a Tympani and a seating position, just what part of the speaker is one to use, not even considering the fact that the T/M of the IVa (at least) is separable from their B panels. IMO like it or not, you will have to play 'MUSICAL CHAIRS' with your wife when listening to Maggies, and in this case the term takes on added meaning.
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Fan noise was not an issue until the super quiet CD came out. Before then the record surface noise covered up that issue in large rooms. I have a nice 360 WPC amp sitting in the closet right now because the fan noise is a PIA.
Re-reading this thread (as well as beating the old and dead horse to death), I' m reminded as to how silly it is because at the time of the first Ampzilla's release CDs weren't even yet available.
Well we will disagree when it comes to listening to LPs and the fan noise generated by the *original* Ampzilla. Moreover, the "super quiet CD" needn't have been available, because listeners employed super quiet both O/R and cassette tapes. Additionally if one could have managed good FM reception and using a good tuner, live 'simulcasts' of the era were quiet. Indeed I myself recorded such broadcasted concerts and still have some of them on both tape formats. (Alas my Tandberg 10XD is on the fritz for nth time and I see very little purpose in having it repared once again.)
(If you happen to be referring to Ampzilla II or some other GAS product, the same rules don't apply.)
I was speaking for myself and my audiophile friends, YMMV.
"I was speaking for myself and my audiophile friends, YMMV."
If you are talking about fan noise in the first commercial Ampzilla, my mileage DID differ based upon what my own ears told me (having owned and used one).
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