Blvdre Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 At the risk of repeating MYself what is a 16r tap? A bit rude, LM, you never asked. DJK has a good suggestion, you should follow up (politely). 16 ohm tap output. Do you have multiple outputs on your tube amp, say labelled 4 ohm, 8 ohm, and 16 ohm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theluggman Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 At the risk of repeating MYself what is a 16r tap? A bit rude, LM, you never asked. DJK has a good suggestion, you should follow up (politely). 16 ohm tap output. Do you have multiple outputs on your tube amp, say labelled 4 ohm, 8 ohm, and 16 ohm? I am very sorry I did not want to be rude whatsoever but I did ask DJK and DJK responded with some rudeness, but onward I never want to be rude my deepest apologies. Thank you for responding with the answer though, I have yet to purchase the amp and I believe they do not have various impedance taps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Gee, you never did answer the question: "Do you need it to play louder than 128dB peak?" Kind of hard to help at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Pick up a used Rane 22 active crossover on Ebay and try it. I think you will be pleasantly surprised how far 8 watts will go above 500hz. I'm running an active system with a little SEP tube amp on top 5wpc and about 50wpc SS on bottom. Been real happy with this setup for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theluggman Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Thanks for everyone's input and advice! Yes 8watts is enough we have smiles all around, much more detail, not quite so harsh, opened it right up! The bass is also more solid as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dubay Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I have a 10 wpc SET KT-88 amp running my mid's and high's. With the 105 db/1 @ 1 meter of my mid horn this can play to very high levels, I have measured in excess of 120 db at the outlet of the mid horn, at level far louder that I normally listen to. This is pared with a 175 Watt solid state for the woofer. I have had good luck with an Ashley model 1000 electronic crossover. I did a passive biamping for a short while, and found an improvement with the sound going to the active crossover system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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