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In Reply to: RE: Martin Logan Theos posted by mike555 on August 25, 2015 at 11:01:13
My solitary concern is thar it might sound too sterile. Between the Solen capacitors in the McIntosh, whatever bulk cap is in the Theos (which are purportedly polypropylene, not electrolytic, as caps double as part of the XO in Logans, IIRC), an aluminum-cone woofer, and stability for the mighty beast amplifier seems ever so slightly challenged at 20kHz (minimum impedance 0.8Ω load) only. Possibly, very infrequent clipping that might eventually cause arch damage of the E-stat's membrane?!
I'd be very tempted to try OFC bi-wiring... with single-crystal 20ga unpaired runs to the ESL for a minute-attenuation & micro-inductance. Reducing the amp's effective damping-factor should sound even sweeter.
Yeah, they'd be too irresistible.
... just my 2¢♪ moderate Mart ♫ ☺ Planar Asylum
where speakers are thin & music isn't
Follow Ups:
Thank you for the feedback. Yeah I will biwire if I decide to make the purchase. How would I reduce my amp's damping factor?
Mike
"Damping_Factor" is proportional to the inverse of "output_impedance". Boring @#$%& aside, this can accomplished with series resistance to help isolate the amplifier from the speakers. Too much can make speakers sound really dull & sluggish as the amplifier is too isolated from driving the speakers with any impact. But just half of an ohm or less, can tame speakers from coloring the music. It's a compromise thing to adjust & tweak. Maggies use single ohm attenuating resistors on their tweeters during break-in for this purpose. In your case, IF and only IF there's a sterility problem, would I ever look into resistive speaker cables ... like 20ga stuff.
Remember, there's a VERY good chance that everything is GREAT!!
... just my 2¢♪ moderate Mart ♫ ☺ Planar Asylum
where speakers are thin & music isn't
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