AL-lll+ audition
Re: AL-lll+ audition
A TFM-42/45 would be perfect for your woofers, easier to find and the same power rating. I've got an original Sunfire Cinema Grand 200x5 running my AL-IIIs bi-amped and it sounds great and goes plenty loud. There was just one on eBay (purple) for $650 shipped.
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Re: AL-lll+ audition
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Biamping is the way to go with those speakers. Horizontally if different amps, vertically if the same amp.
Biamping is the way to go with those speakers. Horizontally if different amps, vertically if the same amp.
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From FrankieD's lips to your ears: Sunfire - a quiet box of endless power.
Sunfire TG-IV/400~7 Amp
Carver SD/A-360 CDP
Benchmark DAC-1
Sony SACD/DVD-A
Active bi-amp: Ashly XR-1001 & 2 Rane PEQ-15s
Main: HotRodded AL-IIIs
Sub: Klipsch RT-12d
Center: Sunfire CRS-3c
Surround: Sunfire CRS-3 (x 2)
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RIP WIlliam B. Dibble, 1948-2012. I'll miss you my friend.
Re: AL-lll+ audition
Let me see if I understand you Mr Rabbit . Use one amp to run the highs and lows on the same speaker if both amps are the same, and use one amp to run highs on both speakers and the other to run the lows on both speakers if the amps are different.
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Re: AL-lll+ audition
Correct. I like the first choice better because usually the demands of one half of the speaker are greater than the other at any moment in time, and that balances the use of the power supply in that amp. Whereas, the demands on one part of the speakers in both channels (stereo) are similar.
It should sound like it isn't there!
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Sunfire:Theater Grand III processor, Ultimate Receiver, Cinema Grand Signature 400 ~ seven, True Subwoofer Mk. II, D-10 Subwoofer
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Re: AL-lll+ audition
I switched back to just the m-4.0t running both Al-lll's. I like the sound better , not overly impressed with the 7t though it does have plenty of power. Maybe it needs recapped or tuned up.
Re: AL-lll+ audition
That would be my thought - Time to have them up-dated. The 7t should sound impressive or at least equal to the 4.0t67ih4x4x4 wrote:I switched back to just the m-4.0t running both Al-lll's. I like the sound better , not overly impressed with the 7t though it does have plenty of power. Maybe it needs recapped or tuned up.
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