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Post by noob on Aug 10, 2023 7:47:02 GMT -6
I'm leaning towards Adcom 535 or 545. I want to stay away from vintage power for the most part though, something real clean that won't give me issues. Something dependent, maybe even a hi-fi amp. I was looking at the XTZ Edge A2-300.
These JBL's are gonna be paired up with a sub and they will be mainly used for listening purposes in the studio rather than mixing. Currently, I'm using Amphions and slate VSX for mixing decisions.
Any suggestions are very welcome! Thank you!
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Post by Ward on Aug 10, 2023 8:35:26 GMT -6
The best external amps for old JBLs and UREIs had massive transformers. Consider the iron content.
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Post by Ward on Aug 10, 2023 8:44:16 GMT -6
A Bristol 3B for stereo or 5B for stereo plus a non-powered sub is one decent option. Especially with THD at 0.005%
The Yamaha P2500S is also a great amp for near fields, to mid-fields but doesn't quite have the oomph of a Bryston or old Crown, or AB.
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Post by noob on Aug 10, 2023 9:08:43 GMT -6
A Bristol 3B for stereo or 5B for stereo plus a non-powered sub is one decent option. Especially with THD at 0.005% The Yamaha P2500S is also a great amp for near fields, to mid-fields but doesn't quite have the oomph of a Bryston or old Crown, or AB. More concerned with having something that will be clean power, doesn't need to pack too much of a punch. The Bryston 3B is a little bit out of range. I like the Yamaha P24500S idea a lot, will definitely look into that. Thank you! |
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Post by ericn on Aug 10, 2023 9:44:00 GMT -6
A Bristol 3B for stereo or 5B for stereo plus a non-powered sub is one decent option. Especially with THD at 0.005% The Yamaha P2500S is also a great amp for near fields, to mid-fields but doesn't quite have the oomph of a Bryston or old Crown, or AB. More concerned with having something that will be clean power, doesn't need to pack too much of a punch. The Bryston 3B is a little bit out of range. I like the Yamaha P24500S idea a lot, will definitely look into that. Thank you! The Bryston even a first generation is a big step up from the Yamaha, faster better LF definition you either love or hate the HF. With a 91 dB efficiency you can probably get by in the near field with about 50W ( measure your listening level average and peaks and listening distance and use one of the many SPL/power calculators www.stageaccompany.com/support/calculator.html). I’ll bet an old Bryston 2bLP or an Adcom 535 ( better still a JW modded one ) will be enough. In fact I use a little Quested 25w amp on the Quested H208’s at 3.5 meters and haven’t clipped the little bugger to often. On the very low end of the price spectrum I hate to admit it but I was given a little Samson servo 120 that I use for testing and DSP programming at home that doesn’t suck, in fact it is fairly dark but has a really smooth lower midrange ( OK that might be the ATC 12😁). It is in fact a bit smoother than the Crest’s and Stewart’s I have used live, might pick up a second. If you want to go period correct pick up an old Phase Linear and a fire extinguisher and smoke detector. Or if you have the $$ a 80-90’s Macintosh, lots of old JBL / Mc combos in studios and homes around the world, not the most transparent but pretty consistent tone top to bottom. |
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Post by noob on Aug 10, 2023 10:56:37 GMT -6
More concerned with having something that will be clean power, doesn't need to pack too much of a punch. The Bryston 3B is a little bit out of range. I like the Yamaha P24500S idea a lot, will definitely look into that. Thank you! The Bryston even a first generation is a big step up from the Yamaha, faster better LF definition you either love or hate the HF. With a 91 dB efficiency you can probably get by in the near field with about 50W ( measure your listening level average and peaks and listening distance and use one of the many SPL/power calculators www.stageaccompany.com/support/calculator.html). I’ll bet an old Bryston 2bLP or an Adcom 535 ( better still a JW modded one ) will be enough. In fact I use a little Quested 25w amp on the Quested H208’s at 3.5 meters and haven’t clipped the little bugger to often. On the very low end of the price spectrum I hate to admit it but I was given a little Samson servo 120 that I use for testing and DSP programming at home that doesn’t suck, in fact it is fairly dark but has a really smooth lower midrange ( OK that might be the ATC 12😁). It is in fact a bit smoother than the Crest’s and Stewart’s I have used live, might pick up a second. If you want to go period correct pick up an old Phase Linear and a fire extinguisher and smoke detector. Or if you have the $$ a 80-90’s Macintosh, lots of old JBL / Mc combos in studios and homes around the world, not the most transparent but pretty consistent tone top to bottom. Thanks for your response. Do you think an Adcom 545 II would be good for them? I already have a JW modded 545 for my amphions and its great. |
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Post by ericn on Aug 10, 2023 11:20:13 GMT -6
The Bryston even a first generation is a big step up from the Yamaha, faster better LF definition you either love or hate the HF. With a 91 dB efficiency you can probably get by in the near field with about 50W ( measure your listening level average and peaks and listening distance and use one of the many SPL/power calculators www.stageaccompany.com/support/calculator.html). I’ll bet an old Bryston 2bLP or an Adcom 535 ( better still a JW modded one ) will be enough. In fact I use a little Quested 25w amp on the Quested H208’s at 3.5 meters and haven’t clipped the little bugger to often. On the very low end of the price spectrum I hate to admit it but I was given a little Samson servo 120 that I use for testing and DSP programming at home that doesn’t suck, in fact it is fairly dark but has a really smooth lower midrange ( OK that might be the ATC 12😁). It is in fact a bit smoother than the Crest’s and Stewart’s I have used live, might pick up a second. If you want to go period correct pick up an old Phase Linear and a fire extinguisher and smoke detector. Or if you have the $$ a 80-90’s Macintosh, lots of old JBL / Mc combos in studios and homes around the world, not the most transparent but pretty consistent tone top to bottom. Thanks for your response. Do you think an Adcom 545 II would be good for them? I already have a JW modded 545 for my amphions and its great. Avoid the series II Adcoms, they have a notorious LF roll off. |
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Post by noob on Aug 10, 2023 11:36:49 GMT -6
Good to know, thanks!
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Post by noob on Aug 11, 2023 7:37:57 GMT -6
Thanks for your response. Do you think an Adcom 545 II would be good for them? I already have a JW modded 545 for my amphions and its great. Avoid the series II Adcoms, they have a notorious LF roll off. Do you have any thoughts on NAD 2600A? |
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Post by ericn on Aug 13, 2023 11:12:03 GMT -6
Avoid the series II Adcoms, they have a notorious LF roll off. Do you have any thoughts on NAD 2600A? Not familiar with that particular one but NAD has a pretty good rep in the mid highend Consumer game. |
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Post by keymod on Aug 13, 2023 12:29:22 GMT -6
We have JBL 4315 in our control room soffits, powered by a made-in-America, original Mackie 2600. Sounds fantastic
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