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RE: Recommendations for high power power amps?

The Pivetta Opera Model 1 is what you want. All it takes is a suitable power hook up and about $2.5 million.

Alternatively, you can probably get much better sound by finding a good, 100 watt amp. Any speaker that "demands" more than that is not desirable.

A local dealer has a customer who has a number of speaker systems, including Wilsons and Maggies (don't know which model) that he powered with a Boulder amp. He was shocked to find that a MUCH cheaper tube amp that is rated at 100 wpc (Synthesis A100) sounds so much better on all of his systems. Even with Maggies, a single watt is pretty loud, and 10 watts is very loud. I see no advantage to unneeded "headroom," and solid state amps loafing along at a tiny fraction of their capability tend to sound lifeless to me.


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  • RE: Recommendations for high power power amps? - Larry I 12:59:39 07/11/22 (0)

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