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best power amp for passive monitors ? [message #76702] Sun, 03 December 2006 20:34 Go to next message
tonehouse is currently offline  tonehouse   UNITED STATES
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What would be a very clean,and quiet, power amp for a set of Dynaudio BM 15
passive speakers? How much would it cost? The powered ones have 200 watts
on each woof/tweet .,trying to see the advantage of built-in vs outboard ,in
money,and performance
Re: best power amp for passive monitors ? [message #76711 is a reply to message #76702] Mon, 04 December 2006 04:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John [1] is currently offline  John [1]
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A 100 watt $150 pioneer stereo reciever will sound great. Or you can buy
a reference lab amp like my crown and put them side by side and try to guess
which one is playing. Consumer receivers are very good is what I'm saying.
Your bang for the buck goes into multi thousand dollar mode to really make
a difference after that.

John

"tonehouse" <zmcleod@comcast.net> wrote:
>What would be a very clean,and quiet, power amp for a set of Dynaudio BM
15
>passive speakers? How much would it cost? The powered ones have 200 watts
>on each woof/tweet .,trying to see the advantage of built-in vs outboard
,in
>money,and performance
>
>
Re: best power amp for passive monitors ? [message #76732 is a reply to message #76702] Mon, 04 December 2006 13:03 Go to previous message
Rich[3] is currently offline  Rich[3]
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I've been using crowns and they have worked well. If you have more than one
set of monitors (which I use) it made sence to go passive and share an amp
but if you use just one set you may want to go powered...


"tonehouse" <zmcleod@comcast.net> wrote:
>What would be a very clean,and quiet, power amp for a set of Dynaudio BM
15
>passive speakers? How much would it cost? The powered ones have 200 watts
>on each woof/tweet .,trying to see the advantage of built-in vs outboard
,in
>money,and performance
>
>
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