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In Reply to: RE: I May Be Upgrading - But Not Sure. posted by AJ on August 05, 2016 at 15:42:29
I rebuilt his Sherwood and he loves it and I was hoping he would keep it for a second amp but he wants to just have more power for the ESLS.
You often mention that you don't like the 6L6 based amps but there are many variants of the tube such as the EL37 or even a KT66s.In the Mc60s,he will have a few choices of 6550s and KT88s but Mac amps can made into sonic marvels rebuilt properly..THe new way of doing it doesn't hurt the value anymore as long as you don't drill holes in them..Here is the way I do an Mc60..This way you keep the original look and you can always put it back to original with no physical harm.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
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Well, then he obviously should have two MC225's and parallel the channels.
Jerry
Jerry
When you parallel amps,they can often times give up sonic depth that can be very noticeable in highly accurate and revealing speakers like the Magnepans,Martin Logans,and Soundlabs.I didn't mention any horns because they can usually work great with low power.
On my Martin Logan CLXs,I matched every component in both Citation 2s within 1% of each other.They go into the ML CLX speakers only so the powered subs at 100hz on down are alone, so basically the Citation 2s are loafing under most situations.The big panels are rated down to 55hz and I can run with one Deuce but U cross over at 100hz and run 2 amps and 2 powered ML Descent subs.My ESL panels are 91db efficient so that's pretty good.The CIT 2s are only running the panels from 100hz up.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Edits: 08/09/16
You are correct Jerry, I need more power.
A MC-225 would be a lateral move as it relates to power output since my Sherwood is putting out 23-24 wpc.
Now, the MC-30 on the other hand is interesting. Mike has been getting way beyond the published specs with these after rebuild - around 55 wpc!!
Meat; It's the right thing to do. Romans 14:2
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