joe@crl.UCSD.EDU (Joe) (04/08/91)
Hi, I am sure that this topic must have been beaten to death here, but I
am considering buying into some home audio equipment, and I want the
very best. $15,000 is about the most I can spend for the system.
What I want to know is who the "name companies" are amongst American
audio companies, particularly high-end amplifiers. I am interested in
an amplifier designed to drive high-demand bass loads -- hopefully
a Class-A amplifier with a damping factor about 500, a THD of
approximately .01% at its rated 4-ohm power, and a linear increase
in power with decreasing impedence. I doubt I will drive 1-ohm loads,
though, so the amp only has to go down so far.
I am much more familiar with high-end car audio, so if you would
please brief me on "desirable traits of home audio amplifiers," I
would much appreciate it. Considerations of dynamic headroom and
so forth, as well as home audio eqpt. traits that are not available
or discussed in car audio are particularly interesting.
I am a bass freak, so point out amps designed for such.
Speaker systems that are designed to handle 20hz fundamentals,
but optimized for 45 hz performance, along with a solid midbass
handling, would be also interesting. I am willin and able
to put together my own enclosures from raw drivers, so if
components are the suggestion, so be it.
Thanks.
Joe.
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