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Through an estate sale I recently came into two monoblock 9W KT88 Qucksilver Amps and two Mcintosh XR 1051 speakers. I have connected them together but the amplifier is severely underpowered for the speakers. I need some advice. Should I get smaller bookshelf speakers to match the amp w a sub or just EQ the speakers for some heaver low-end response? Any thoughts ideas are welcome.
Speakers are like these http://mcc.berners.ch/speakers/XR1051.pdf amps like these http://www.quicksilveraudio.com/prod...MonoManual.pdf Joe |
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Through an estate sale I recently came into two monoblock 9W KT88 Qucksilver Amps and two Mcintosh XR 1051 speakers. I have connected them together but the amplifier is severely underpowered for the speakers. **No surprise. I need some advice. ** Get speakers INTENDED for use with an SET amp. Should I get smaller bookshelf speakers to match the amp ** See above. w a sub or just EQ the speakers for some heaver low-end response? ** Madness. Buy a decent amp for the McIntosh speakers - 50 wpc at least. .... Phil |
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On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 17:13:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Through an estate sale I recently came into two monoblock 9W KT88 Qucksilver Amps and two Mcintosh XR 1051 speakers. I have connected them together but the amplifier is severely underpowered for the speakers. I need some advice. Should I get smaller bookshelf speakers to match the amp w a sub or just EQ the speakers for some heaver low-end response? Any thoughts ideas are welcome. Speakers are like these http://mcc.berners.ch/speakers/XR1051.pdf amps like these http://www.quicksilveraudio.com/prod...MonoManual.pdf Joe The amps are the obvious candidate for changing. You can buy the power you need at vastly higher quality for very little money these days. This is a no-brainer d |
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On Thursday, 9 August 2012 01:40:52 UTC-4, Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 17:13:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Through an estate sale I recently came into two monoblock 9W KT88 Qucksilver Amps and two Mcintosh XR 1051 speakers. I have connected them together but the amplifier is severely underpowered for the speakers. I need some advice. Should I get smaller bookshelf speakers to match the amp w a sub or just EQ the speakers for some heaver low-end response? Any thoughts ideas are welcome. Speakers are like these http://mcc.berners.ch/speakers/XR1051.pdf amps like these http://www.quicksilveraudio.com/prod...MonoManual.pdf Joe The amps are the obvious candidate for changing. You can buy the power you need at vastly higher quality for very little money these days. This is a no-brainer d I think he wants to keep the amps... glowing tubes and all that. So, I'd keep the amps, checking them out fully (tubes, caps, voltages, power output, bandwidth, etc.) and then get a pair of efficient speakers (as others have said.) Cheers, Roger |
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