Sonus Faber Cremona - which Ohm tap do you like?
I bought a pair of new to me Sonus Faber Cremonas earlier this month.
This week, I brought home a McIntosh MAC6700 integrated. (After messing with a fellow AA member’s MA5200. At only 100wpc, and no autoformers I didn’t expect much, but it sounded awesome!!!) Reading the speaker specs, they are a nominal 4 ohm speaker. My first connection to the amp I connected them to the 4 ohm tap. The sound was anemic at best. Missing dynamics, flat, and totally underwhelming. It was also noticeably bright. Nothing like the cheaper ma5200—I was very disappointed. I had read somewhere that Sumiko prefers the 8 ohm tap with sonus/McIntosh combinations, so I gave the 8 ohm tap a try. Holy smokes, night and day difference. Better in every way. Better bass, dynamics, etc. What gives? Why would a “nominal 4 ohm speaker” sound better on the 8 ohm tap? Thoughts? |
Very interesting.
Now I too am curious. Any AA’ers know why the 8 ohm tap would sound better on a 4 ohm speaker? |
Same with audio research
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My Guarneri Mementos likes the 8 ohm tap too. The 4 ohm tap seemed too bright IMO
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4 ohm
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Any idea why this is? |
Serge,
Thanks for posting that image. That certainly tells a story! Quote:
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Interesting thread! I have an MA8900 in the house and have been experimenting with it and my Elipsas SE's for a few days. I have only used the 4 ohm taps so far, but I love what I am hearing. Most definitely *not* bright. In fact, the Mc sounds more tube-like than my tube amp! I am seriously considering the purchase of the McIntosh to replace my PrimaLuna integrated. I will try the 8 ohm tap next and report back with my findings, although unless I am mistaken the Elipsas do drop all the way to 2.4 ohms in the lower frequencies....
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