...and this threw me into a rat hole trying to understand if it was true, and then subsequently learning quite a bit about amplifiers plus the components I already had.
My new speakers were ESS AMT 1D Revivals, which I love. Specs say 6 ohm, 375 watts. I was driving them with a Simaudio Moon i-1, which puts out 75 watts into the speakers. Had that comment in the back of my mind when my son came to me a few days ago and said my speakers were distorting with some heavy organ track he was playing. This was all complicated by the huge room I have these in... 18x18 ft, vaulted ceilings, and tile floor. Need things louder than I'm used to. So, yeah, better amplification would likely be good.
Adjacent to my "music" system, I have my theater setup: Denon X4700H, HSU VTF-2 MK3 subwoofer, center, surrounds and height speakers. I'd use the Moon+ESS as a pre-amp destination for the Denon front channels in this case.
I wondered how I could include the subwoofer on the "music" side of things... learned about my speaker's frequency response, the Denon's bass management and its ability to have a separate 2 channel configuration, and how to the subwoofer can be tuned. Moved my music sources (tt, cd) to the Denon from the Moon, setting the Denon's crossover to 90hz in LFE+Main SW mode for 2 channel output and dialed in some changes on the subwoofer side. Honestly, it sounded much better when I was done.
Which then leaves me with the question - will my speakers still benefit with more amplification now that I've added a subwoofer to the mix for music? Had almost settled on a couple of Outlaw Model 2220s based on the review here, but thought it would be good to ask before spending the money.
My new speakers were ESS AMT 1D Revivals, which I love. Specs say 6 ohm, 375 watts. I was driving them with a Simaudio Moon i-1, which puts out 75 watts into the speakers. Had that comment in the back of my mind when my son came to me a few days ago and said my speakers were distorting with some heavy organ track he was playing. This was all complicated by the huge room I have these in... 18x18 ft, vaulted ceilings, and tile floor. Need things louder than I'm used to. So, yeah, better amplification would likely be good.
Adjacent to my "music" system, I have my theater setup: Denon X4700H, HSU VTF-2 MK3 subwoofer, center, surrounds and height speakers. I'd use the Moon+ESS as a pre-amp destination for the Denon front channels in this case.
I wondered how I could include the subwoofer on the "music" side of things... learned about my speaker's frequency response, the Denon's bass management and its ability to have a separate 2 channel configuration, and how to the subwoofer can be tuned. Moved my music sources (tt, cd) to the Denon from the Moon, setting the Denon's crossover to 90hz in LFE+Main SW mode for 2 channel output and dialed in some changes on the subwoofer side. Honestly, it sounded much better when I was done.
Which then leaves me with the question - will my speakers still benefit with more amplification now that I've added a subwoofer to the mix for music? Had almost settled on a couple of Outlaw Model 2220s based on the review here, but thought it would be good to ask before spending the money.