In Reply to: Parts Express 12" sub-woofer cabinet posted by Mark Korda on June 18, 2003 at 11:40:35:
Thank you Wunhuanglo for doing that math on stuffing the Parts Express sub-woofer. I really appreciate it. As to Chris R, here is my answer to you. I'm not using the Parts Express sub amp for a few reasons. The first is that the sub comes with no cut out for the amp. The second is that I have had a beautiful crossover, the prototype of the Shadow that was introduced years ago by a audio pen pal and freind Neil Shattles, it's coming out of retirement. I got a Dyna 150 coming from E-Bay that I will use in mono mode for 150 watts. And here is the real kicker Chris: An audiophile named Harvey Rosenberg that passed away a few months back wrote in Listener magazine that if you want audio nervana that you should bi-amp your speakers if you are usinga push-pull vacuum tube as I am, a Dyna-ST-35 for the top end, you should match the bottom end with the same type of amplification. If you don't he said there would be a certain (discombobularity) in listening. He was way out there, check out his site, it's still on the computer, but I have a dream of powering the sub with a DynaMark 6, a big black brute of an amp, 120 watts. Until then, I'm going to rebuild a rusty Mark 3 I have, but I can't wait and will use the Dyna transistor 150. Don't get pissed at me, but most people think that a transistor bottom end amp is the way to go and tube amps bottom end might sound less tight and muddy. I'm 46 now and remember when Harvey Rosenberg was called the (tube god) working closely with Julius Futterman who made an output or input transformerless tube amp. Time for a beer, thanks Chris.
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