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Good point Rod and I actually will be auditioning the new Bryston Model T speakers soon. So you may be onto something there.
I had one 600wpc 14B SST and fell onto an opportunity to get another identical amp so I thought id try the biamping. I know I can resell the amp and lose no money so its all good.
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Yeah you gotta love the Bryston resale value, that 20 year warranty goes a long ways.
Interesting that you are going to look into the Bryston speakers because the Model T's come in 3 flavor's and one that may strike your interest, especially in b-amping is the competely active cross over model. I think James Tanner from Bryston has mentioned he has been using two 6B-SST's (1 per speaker I think it is) when demoing the speakers so if you want more power you could buy one more 14B-SST and have 6x600watts rather than the 6x300 watts of the 6B's. |
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Bryston rocks though I have found their systems more magical with other speakers like Totem and PMC than I have with B&W. They have often showcased them with Thiels but I have observed mixed results. The Model T's are an intriguing departure though. I am hoping they exercise them next week.
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Now to the hot rodding ...A Boss 302 weighs 3632 lbs and has 444hp which equals 8.19lb per hp. The GT500 weighs more at 3845 but has 662hp which is 5.8 lbs per hp. The ONLY way that Boss will beat that GT500 at the drag strip is if the GT500 is on crapp street tires and the driver just had a stroke. Put a set of street slicks on both and the 302 will be suckin tailpipe ALL DAY . Thats why I ride a 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R. She weighs 582 lbs with a full tank of gas(which you never do at the track) and she has at least 200hp(190+hp to the tire on chassis dyno). Thats 2.9 lbs per hp. All this for half the price or less than either of those two Fords. In perspective the bike will run 1/4 miles in 9.5 at 150ish mph. The Boss will run low 12's at 116 and the GT500 11.6 at 125mph. All this on crapp street tires. The last car I built was a 98 Z28. I put a custom 402 LS1 engine with ported heads and a custom cam(and MUCH more). That car put 510 naturally aspirated hp to the tires on a chassis dyno and the car weighed 3400 lbs. I built this car back in 01 or so before everybody(including GM) was doing it. The best I ran in the Z28 was 10.85 at 127 mph. I spent about 4 or 5 times more money on that Z28 than the bike. So more power is almost always better if you can hook it up. If it's in a smooth controllable package like my unbelievable bike so much the better. That's what I'm lookin for in my stereo without a spending contest. Bang for buck is my motto. Anyway back to our regularly scheduled programming
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