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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Stereomour => Topic started by: Thoburn on October 30, 2011, 01:37:09 PM

Title: Powered subwoofer
Post by: Thoburn on October 30, 2011, 01:37:09 PM

Hi Gang,

I have Lowther DX-4 drivers in a Lowther Medallion cabinet. They are driven by a 2A3 Stereomour. My listenspace is very large. I normally have the volume set at about 9 o'clock. I would like to put a set of Rythmic 12 subs in the base of the cabinets powered by Rythmic amplifiers. I would like to hook the amplifiers up to the speaker terminals. Do you think run the Rythmic amps in such a way will degrade the sound quality of just the amp and drivers combination?

Title: Re: Powered subwoofer
Post by: 2wo on October 30, 2011, 05:02:25 PM

That should work fine, the Rythmic is a good amp. I have a PE amp and I don't hear a difference. You can always connect to the line level and compare...John 

Title: Re: Powered subwoofer
Post by: ebag4 on October 30, 2011, 05:17:01 PM

This is what I am doing with my V1s.  I had a slight hum splitting the preamp signal between the Stereomour and a pair of GR Research (Rythmic) Servo sub amps, when I started using the Stereomour's outputs to feed the amps I lost the hum.  The only negative, and it was very slight, is that I seemed to loose just a touch in the dynamics department, it was slight enough that it could have been in my head, but I tipped up the bass level just a tad and all was/is well.

Best,
Ed

Title: Re: Powered subwoofer
Post by: Thoburn on November 06, 2011, 06:59:03 AM

Thanks 2wo and ebag 4 for the info. Just waiting now until my audio piggy bank refills.