"Schizoid Man" wrote in message
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"Margaret von B." wrote in message

The specs and ratings mean nothing as you have probably noticed by now.
(BTW, the Tim Martins of this world never will.) Get yourself a bona fide
muscle amp like a Krell, McCormack, Parasound, newer McIntosh or
preferably Plinius. Even if you cannot afford it, you need to try one in
your system.

Plinius, McIntosh and Krell are all definitely out of my range. Moreover,
I'm not sure my Ikea A/V furniture has the wherewithal to support some 100
lb beast.


Amps belong on the floor unless the Zoethecus fairy left you a present.

McCormack, I agree, are definitely pure class. But again, probably
overkill for the application I had in mind.

Definitely not. That was my point.

I did try the Parasound Halo A23. Though it is a very fine looking piece of
equipment, to paraphrase one RAO poster "blue lights are cool, but they
don't necessarily sound good." I found it quite soulless, dry and vacant.


I got 4 JC-1's all bought used to drive the big stat-hybrids and it is the
best amp I've ever had. I'm guessing it is too neutral for you. That's why
brought up the Plinius. Something's wrong with your stuff. You have JM Labs,
right? Are you sure your speakers aren't out of phase? You need to try
without the Marantz in there as a pre, too.

If you then decide that it is exactly what was missing, hit the used
equipment listings and find something similar. I've been there myself.
One simple test is that if it is very heavy and gets very hot it is also
going to sound very good in your system.

You're kidding, right? Hotter is better????


No, I wasn't. The 15 year old Krells and other similar class A designs are
excellent in certain ways the more modern ones are. You need to listen to
one to decide for yourself.

Nobody buys a ****ing Roksan in the US where we have real amps. You need
to expand your horizons.

Apparently, you have real subwoofers as well:
http://www.mtxaudio.com/caraudio/pro...jackHammer.cfm


OK, you got me there :-). Sometimes too much is just that. Heh, my car subs
are french!

I'm sure you'll need a lot more than paltry Krells to power this baby.


If I recall correctly, the big Krell is rated at 16,000W @ 0.5 ohm
continuous power so this sub should be a piece of cake for it. However, try
hooking the combo to a car battery or even a standard US household socket...

Toto, your not in Sussex anymore :-)

Dorothy, you can take the boy out of Kansas, but can you really ever take
Kansas out of the boy? ;-)


Depends on the deal. This is America, after all!


Cheers,

Margaret