Pi Studio 2 WOW!!! [message #37587] |
Wed, 31 July 2002 13:42 ![Go to next message Go to next message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/down.png) |
CyberSlacker
Messages: 3 Registered: May 2009
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finished em last night, VERY KOOL !! UNBELIEVABLE sound for the price. what a deal. i have heard speakers costing 1k that can't compete with em25 watts of tube power is plenty, and i am a rocker. you are really missing out if you don't use em with tubes. questions welcome, mark ps: i used 3/4" MDF
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Re: Im confused? [message #37609 is a reply to message #37587] |
Fri, 02 August 2002 06:35 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/up.png) ![Go to next message Go to next message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/down.png) |
Jerry Parker
Messages: 58 Registered: May 2009
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"25 watts of tube power is plenty, and i am a rocker. you are really missing out if you don't use em with tubes. " I dont understand, why would they sound bad with a transistor based amplifier? This concerns me, as I have heard a pair of the 1pi's and they sounded great, but they were run off a transistor amplifier. Would the sound be a lot better with a tube amp? What about the tube amp makes it better?
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Re: Im confused? [message #37610 is a reply to message #37609] |
Fri, 02 August 2002 08:20 ![Go to previous message Go to previous message](/forum/theme/AudioRoundTable/images/up.png) |
spkrman57
Messages: 522 Registered: May 2009
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Jerry, Not to worry, tube amp lovers find the sound of a low powered tube amp to sound almost the equal of a solid state amp that is as much as 5 times as much wattage. I myself, if Ohio was not already 90 degrees in the shade as it has been, I too would be running tubes. I will wait for wintertime so my AC has a fighting chance. I am using a Marantz 2215B receiver that is rated at 15 watts per channel and will tell you I prefer its sound to my 200-250 watt per channel amps on my 4 Pi-pro's. The low powered (less than 20wpc) Marantz have a (almost) tubelike sound quality to them. Tube amps have the ability to reproduce all the notes at a lower wattage level, while solid state you usually have to turn up the wattage to have all the music sound at a even level. Anyways, what I am trying tyo say is, enjoy your solid state amp, but if you should come across a 5 to 30 watt tube amp, you might start joining in on the praises of VACUM TUBES also. Regards, Capt Ron
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