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Damn, I wanna hear those since I'm close to you! lol Those are way cool! What are you running them with primarily?
 
avguytx said:
Damn, I wanna hear those since I'm close to you! lol Those are way cool! What are you running them with primarily?
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Thanks,

Right now I am using a pair of Rogue M120 tube amps... However I think thay would sound better on my Heathkits W-5s. I will be hooking them up later today.
 
:jawdrop: Nice array!!! Whenever you decide to invite some neighbors over for a listen add me to the list.
 
bear-hifi said:
Thanks,

Right now I am using a pair of Rogue M120 tube amps... However I think thay would sound better on my Heathkits W-5s. I will be hooking them up later today.
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I have an old Heathkit AA-32 Vintage tube amp in great shape that I always thought sounded very nice. Its just like this one:


Is this speaker the perfect match for the amp?
 

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Well I havent hooked up the Heathkits yet but I hope to it later today... When I do I will post some results.
 
dougp said:
I have an old Heathkit AA-32 Vintage tube amp in great shape that I always thought sounded very nice. Its just like this one:


Is this speaker the perfect match for the amp?
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Well it appears that the 25w heathkits do not really have the watts needed to push them... I may be doing something wrong as these speakers should be around 95 db... Put as of now I would say you will need 60 watts or more to fill a mid to large room... Right now the dynaco Mark 3s sound reall good.
 
bear-hifi said:
I may be doing something wrong as these speakers should be around 95 db... Put as of now I would say you will need 60 watts or more to fill a mid to large room... Right now the dynaco Mark 3s sound reall good.
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What ohm rating do they end up?
 
BULLWINKLE said:
Do they require a sub? Those really look totally cool! What was your final cost?
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I would say that no sub is needed and the final cost....Humm maybe a little over $400... The kit price from PE shipped to my door was $310.00... Then add MDF, foam, and paint... Well worth every penny!!!
 
kfa888 said:
What ohm rating do they end up?
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The woofers are wired in a 16 ohm configuration. The sensitivity is either 91dB or 94dB depending on how you measure it: 91dB with a 2.83V singnal (which give you 0.5 watts into a 16 ohm load), or 94dB if you run a one watt signal through them. The tweeter is a four ohm - hated to use that, but the Vifa DX25 is one of the few tweeters that's sensitive enough (93.5dB), has a low enough resonant frequence to permit a first order crossover, and sounds good.
 
bear-hifi said:
Well it appears that the 25w heathkits do not really have the watts needed to push them... I may be doing something wrong as these speakers should be around 95 db... Put as of now I would say you will need 60 watts or more to fill a mid to large room... Right now the dynaco Mark 3s sound reall good.
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I'm surprised the Heathkits don't do it. My Ella in triode mode with EL34's is capable of 25 watts maximum and it's all the amp I would ever want to use with them. They also play acoustic music, etc. nicely with the 3 watt Bottlehead Paramours, but for most music you would want more power.
 
bear-hifi said:
Thanks!
I will host another DAC meeting in a few months and when I do I will let you all know.
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I'm planning to bring mine to the Lone Star Bottlehead meeting in Plano on March 3rd. Mine include Sonicaps instead of the stock Solens in the tweeter crossover plus a 1.5 ohm resistor in series with the tweeter cap to eliminate a treble "edge" I hear without it. The resistor is connected to a switch so you can hear them with it in the circuit and without. Hope you can come to hear mine, and decide whether there's any difference.

http://lonestarbottleheads.org/
 
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