So..... I'm planning a theater in a house i dont own yet, so this is a pretty far off project, but never too far off not to plan.
I plan on a SEOS/CD/Dual 15"JBL2226H as my main LCR. I may go DSP for a XO, mainly the MiniDSP type......
What are your thoughts, if any on integrating Tubes in a HT. Especially the WG ! I would love to run some mono Triode's on the top end, for some reason i don't think Tubes are up to driving the JBL's though...
Post whatever you want here, its a brainstorm of sorts :0)
I plan on a SEOS/CD/Dual 15"JBL2226H as my main LCR. I may go DSP for a XO, mainly the MiniDSP type......
What are your thoughts, if any on integrating Tubes in a HT. Especially the WG ! I would love to run some mono Triode's on the top end, for some reason i don't think Tubes are up to driving the JBL's though...
Post whatever you want here, its a brainstorm of sorts :0)
Well I was just about to say that just about anything will drive those speakers, its all about the volume.
Now I see you want massive volume, considering you said you might add another woofer, so I assume you want to have the full wattage to that JBL, which I'm guessing is a few hundred watts.
Perhaps you could look at some sweep tube amps, or go with some 6L6GC's in parallel in push pull.
oooOOOhhh! Now it makes sense. Is that a well known abbreviation stateside, or something?
Us Brits find a title like "Tubes and HT" very confusing! We mentally translate the 'tubes' to 'valves', and then decide we don't need to translate the 'HT' so it becomes a thread about supply rail voltages. What's that got to do with video receivers?
Valves and JBL Cinema type speakers. Twoway Waveguide with dual 15's like the JBL2226H. This would be in a room about 15'X20' and a 8-9' ceiling. Most listening centered around 85db, plus or minus 20db peaks. Now i will be making three of these for my left,center,right main speakers. They will go behind an accoustically transperent screen. I cant imagine less than 200watts per channel. They dont need to be pretty, just supply enough power to get there at the listening position. So, i would need three stereo amps. SS pro amps can be had for 400.00 in that price range, or less. SS= solid state...........Its an unfair to compare SS to Valve price wise....
Us Brits find a title like "Tubes and HT" very confusing! We mentally translate the 'tubes' to 'valves', and then decide we don't need to translate the 'HT' so it becomes a thread about supply rail voltages. What's that got to do with video receivers?
I'm not a Brit, but my mind jumped to that conclusion too. I guess I've been reading too many Mullard and GEC books.
Cripes!
I just looked at the JBL2226H specifications and I don't see why you need that much power. At 97db/W-M I would think anything over 60W in a tube amp should drive them quite well.
64W should produce 115dB at 1M. And that is only one speaker, three channels should be capible of 'beyond the threshold of pain' operation with no problems.
I just looked at the JBL2226H specifications and I don't see why you need that much power. At 97db/W-M I would think anything over 60W in a tube amp should drive them quite well.
64W should produce 115dB at 1M. And that is only one speaker, three channels should be capible of 'beyond the threshold of pain' operation with no problems.
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I just don't see it.
My den is slightly larger than the proposed HT Room.
I've got Klipsch Heresy speakers (1977 series, 96dB/W-M) and have no problems generating stupid sound levels with 60W from my original STR5600.
Granted room prep will effect spl, and I've got paneling on all walls with carpeting on the floor. I need some tapertries on the walls.
The only place I see a need for 200W would be for a sub if you have one, and I recommend an SS amp for that (which is what I have).
My den is slightly larger than the proposed HT Room.
I've got Klipsch Heresy speakers (1977 series, 96dB/W-M) and have no problems generating stupid sound levels with 60W from my original STR5600.
Granted room prep will effect spl, and I've got paneling on all walls with carpeting on the floor. I need some tapertries on the walls.
The only place I see a need for 200W would be for a sub if you have one, and I recommend an SS amp for that (which is what I have).
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some practical experience here? 5.1 Tube Home Theater – Main Channels - misinformation and the art of disinterest
the most simple, low parts design tube amp for your highs.
for higher wattage. I would try to get the best of both worlds- a hybrid tube amp. Tubes are the ultimate in drive and solid state is the ultimate output stage (current buffer).
I would not do dsp crossovers because they have a tendency to sterilize the sound. a tube base front end is a simple circuit and putting the crossover on the end is not hard either.
and what I've found through blind testing is that the tube with solid state output sounds better than the all tube design at the same wattage.
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