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DCM Time Frame 2000's

I'd like to keep it under 2k. I'm checking into an SX-1980 at the moment. I realize all the precautions but in all sincerity I don't really crank my music. I do listen to some passages at or near shouting levels but generally I want the headroom that a good amp will provide. I'd prefer to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
 
I might suggest you consider separates. A receiver is a nice thing, but you can almost always get better sound with separates, at the same power levels. {I write that in a room where I am semi-surrounded by three stacks of receivers and only a couple separates... :D} Your budget ($2000) is ample to give you many choices. Higher-end Sansui --perhaps CA-3000 + BA-3000-- or Marantz (something like the 3650 + 300dc) or perhaps the Pioneer Spec series might be found within that price range, and would be the basis for a really fine, and more flexible, stereo system with plenty of headroom and potential growth capability.
 
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i know carver TFM amps don't get much love here at AK, but try a M1.5T and a preamp/tuner. heck even the M400t would drive those and impedance swings would be of little consequence with any carver amp in good condition.
 
When I had my TF 700 and TW 3, I was quite happy with the KR9600.
Have TF 1000 now, and found the Onkyo 504 is very musical.
Receivers or separates...try both.
 
nexus said:
i know carver TFM amps don't get much love here at AK, but try a M1.5T and a preamp/tuner. heck even the M400t would drive those and impedance swings would be of little consequence with any carver amp in good condition.
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I have a Carver M1.5 and I love it. I use big, power hungry Transmission Line speakers (IMF RSPM Mk IV, 80dB efficiency) and it works perfect. Very quick amp, and tons of power for those low frequencies.

Also with regards to the TF2000 transmission line - I do not believe it is a true transmission line. The length may be correct for the Fs of the driver, but a true transmission line is at least as deep as the surface area of the cone of the driver. The DCM TF series is too flat to allow for that - that's why you see most transmission line speakers are rather large and bulky. However from what I do understand of the DCM TF series it is a well designed port, regardless of what it actually is or not what matters is that it sounds good. I just wanted to point this out though because the DCM TF series wouldn't have the same sort of power requirements as a true t-line. I believe this is why the efficiency on the DCM TF speakers are much higher than a traditional transmission line of the same era.
 
canuckaudiog said:
I have a Carver M1.5 and I love it. I use big, power hungry Transmission Line speakers (IMF RSPM Mk IV, 80dB efficiency) and it works perfect. Very quick amp, and tons of power for those low frequencies.

Also with regards to the TF2000 transmission line - I do not believe it is a true transmission line. The length may be correct for the Fs of the driver, but a true transmission line is at least as deep as the surface area of the cone of the driver. The DCM TF series is too flat to allow for that - that's why you see most transmission line speakers are rather large and bulky. However from what I do understand of the DCM TF series it is a well designed port, regardless of what it actually is or not what matters is that it sounds good. I just wanted to point this out though because the DCM TF series wouldn't have the same sort of power requirements as a true t-line. I believe this is why the efficiency on the DCM TF speakers are much higher than a traditional transmission line of the same era.
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TF2000 could be an 1/8 wave t-line. not as good as a 1/4 wave but better than a BR imo. there were a couple British speakers built with 1/8 wave lines.

i believe there are some baffles inside that are arranged like a labyrinth inside. at the CES show they were saying it was a t-line and my old brochure from that show said it too.

but i agree, it doesn't seem have the right geometry for a true 1/4 wave t-line.

maybe Steve E was tuning a bass reflex to the quarter wave resonance in the cabinet years before martin king discovered it. ( i think sandy gross at definitive was working on that back then also).

anyway, they did sound terrific.:thmbsp:
 
PM Bostown. He's selling a very nice Denon dual mono amp for a dirt cheap price. THAT amp will mate well with these monsters.

awesome.
 
Susurus said:
Rats. That PDF file is missing page 6--which has specs.

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Yes; I also noticed that. I'd like to see the specs on those monsters. I owned a pair of 700's and the bass from those were amazing for just an 8'' woofer. I'm betting these guys are downright amazing. Congrats to you on an awesome pair of speakers:thmbsp:
 
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