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What's your budget and how big is your room?
I listened to a pair of Focal 1008Be IIs with a 10wpc Luxman SQ-N10 EL84 amp and they were sublime in the near field (~7ft). Think the 1008Be IIs are listed at 89db for 1w@1m. I've seen them used for under $2500.
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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I've been wanting to listen to those Focal 1008Be IIs with a tube amp for a couple of years now. Have read several reviews and am intrigued. I own a pair of Focal Aria 906 bookshelf speakers, which I use in my A/V system. They sound nice with my Inspire amp although I don't normally use them with it. I know the 1008Be is a big step up.
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I traded a pair of Focal 906 (bright red - but I don't recall them being the 906) on the 1008Be IIs in piano black. You are absolutely correct. It was a BIG step up. Am speaker shopping and keep hoping Focal will come out with a Kanta monitor, based on the reviews the floor-stander is receiving over in the Focal forum as well as from the 'pro' reviewers. May have to "settle" for the Sopra 1, which won't be a bad thing.
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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DH Hot Rod 150 Amp came in the mail. Burning in now. Now the time question.
How many hours/days/weeks BREAK-IN-TIME is required before everything settles in? |
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If it has high-end caps (teflon and/or oil-in-foil) can take as many as 400hr for everything to settle out. Usually ~200hr to get 95% of the way to final sound. Generally worth the wait.
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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Break-in "100 & 200" hours.
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Message received "You will hear a break-in transition over 100 to 200 hours. This defies engineering understanding but there is a conditioning time of the various passive components. Keep me posted and thank you for the kind words." |
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Update @24hr burn-in
Update: I received the amp over the weekend. Set it up. Now @24hrs burn-in time on the new Inspire KT150 Hot Rod 10wamp. Paired up with my existing/larger 92db large custom build AMT speakers.
It does power the big speakers, still assessing how it really sounds and whether or not I'm going to have to buy/build a new set of higher efficiency speakers just for this amp or not. It's pretty neat, I can already tell this little amp is special. Last edited by decooney; 01-27-2018 at 07:22 PM. |
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I find my kt88 fire-bottle @ 12watts is just barely enough to flesh out my 94.5db speakers. I'd get something at least 96db+ for that amp, but ymmv.
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Thanks Dennis!
Now at 20 hours of burn-in on the new "little big amp" (sitting below).
I must be fooling myself right now. I'm sitting here listening to it with my custom built DEC-AMT28s speaker creation which are 92db 1w/1meter. They are being well driven with a huge sound stage right now by the new Dennis Had KT150 "Hot Rod" amp. I'm not really missing anything right now for low level listening. It gets pretty loud, sounds full, goes deeper than i thought it would. Dennis told me this would be the case. He was right. Hmmm, must be these extra bad a!@ transformers and other upgrades on the hot rod edition. Can't wait to try 96db+ speakers if this is a sample of how it's going to sound then. Maybe I'll build some 1/2 pint size of my current speakers. Will need to find the right 10" woofer with enough efficiency to match the big AMT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hat's off to you Dennis, still loving the upgraded V12R, and the new little "Hot Rod" Firebottle addition is SPECTACULAR. Both are keepers! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last edited by decooney; 01-27-2018 at 09:19 PM. |
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