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thetubeguy1954

In Reply to: RE: Thanks! posted by Ralph on September 10, 2021 at 09:44:19

Hi Ralph!

Brad is 100% correct. As an owner of an amp by one of the manufacturers he mentioned i.e., a 135LB, 40W/ch, Mastersound Reference 845, SET amp/integrated amp -{depending on which I select, but I use it as an amp with a Don Sachs "Custom" SP14 preamp}- for the past 20+ years it has produced the most musical presentation you could imagine! I use it with 92 dB sensitive, Phase Coherent, Reference 3A Taksim speakers in a 15.7" W x 12.7" D room with an 8ft to 10ft sloped ceiling. The speakers are placed on the 15.7" W wall and where the ceiling is 8ft H.

When I listen to music I listen to about 75% smooth jazz, i.e., Spyro Gyra, Fourplay, Flim & the BB's, Acoustic Alchemy, etc., and 25% Prog-rock, i.e., Genesis, Kansas, YES, Marillion, Boston, etc. Now when I listen I usually like to listen to music a bit on the louder side, but not blasting the music by any means. The music is always musical with clean, crystal-clear highs due to the Taksim's pure Beryllium dome tweeter that uses a single, non-inductive, capacitor as the sole high pass filter! Below that is a single, wideband 8" driver with no Whizzer!

The freq. response is rated at 31Hz to 40KHz and I can tell you the bass is deep enough I've never thought of getting a subwoofer. Why should I when a couple of times I've even been asked where the sub is? Truth be told I've never enjoyed listening to music as much as I do with the Mastersound/Reference 3A combo. Ralph if you ever visit Orlando, FL. send me a private message and I'll give you a way to get in touch so you can come over and hear what it sounds like for yourself. I think you'd be very surprised by what you hear. I just got the Taksims a few short months ago and I know I still am...

Thetubeguy1954 (Tom)

Central Florida Audio Society -- SETriodes Group -- Space Coast Audio Society
Full-range/Wide-range Drivers --- Front & Back-Loaded Horns --- High Sensitivity Speakers

Follow Ups:

Sounds like the room is helping you out a lot. - Ralph 08:34:05 09/13/21 (0)
RE: Thanks! - morricab 14:23:50 09/12/21 (4)
- RE: Thanks! - 91derlust 03:22:02 09/14/21 (3)
  - RE: Thanks! - morricab 14:10:10 09/14/21 (2)
    - RE: Thanks! - 91derlust 15:20:44 09/14/21 (1)
      - RE: Thanks! - morricab 01:23:16 09/15/21 (0)