Time to Goose the Pis [message #75714] |
Tue, 05 March 2013 19:24 |
Bill Epstein
Messages: 1088 Registered: May 2009 Location: Smoky Mts. USA
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From time to time I get a taste for high power; a steady diet of single-minded, single-ended amplifiers will do that.
Since 2005 I've tried classic "cheapskate" amps: the B&K ST-140, Sonographe SA-250 and Classe' CA-70. None passed the grain-in-the-treble test and the Classe' really all-around sucked. Of course, they're all Solid State.
Yesterday I bought cheap, again, a Nelson Pass designed Adcom GFA-545 II. Please let this 100 Watter be listenable. I really want to run some power through the 2 and 4 Pis to hear what changes. Also, my granddaughter is getting old enough to want to listen to music and I can't have my naked tubes exposed to her.
We'll see and I'll let you know.
BTW, I'm typing this on my new Logitech Blue Tooth keyboard for the IPad and it's a lot better than the touch pad but not wonderful ;-}
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Re: Time to Goose the Pis [message #75723 is a reply to message #75714] |
Wed, 06 March 2013 05:17 |
NWCgrad
Messages: 143 Registered: March 2010 Location: Frederick, United States ...
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I have an Odyssey Khartago (configured exactly like the one in the stereophile review) powering my 4 Pi's. It sounds great, much better than my old Adcom GFA 555. I paid less than listed on Klaus's website, perhaps he was so generous to offset the suck of living in Cambodia.
VIRIBUS MARI VICTORIA
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