A little over 13 years ago Diyaudio introduced me to the Aleph-X and after a year or so of effort I've happily rocked to these for over a decade with my old B&W 805 Nautilus.
I'm currently looking at a speaker upgrade, likely B&W 800 D3s and got to thinking about amplifier requirements. The reviews of the speaker have been rather critical of the 8ohm nominal rating that B&W applied to these, with a low impedance of 3ohm, and an impedance at around 4ohm for much of the 60-900Hz region these things will likely draw a bit more juice than a 100W Aleph-X is capable of.
So maybe it's time for me to build something new.
I've been out of the game for too long. Is there a go-to high end DIY amp that people can recommend which can put a couple of hundred watt into a 4ohm load? Also I know I'm coming from a Class-A Pass certified space heater, but I'd be open to consider Class-D modules as well.
I'm currently looking at a speaker upgrade, likely B&W 800 D3s and got to thinking about amplifier requirements. The reviews of the speaker have been rather critical of the 8ohm nominal rating that B&W applied to these, with a low impedance of 3ohm, and an impedance at around 4ohm for much of the 60-900Hz region these things will likely draw a bit more juice than a 100W Aleph-X is capable of.
So maybe it's time for me to build something new.
I've been out of the game for too long. Is there a go-to high end DIY amp that people can recommend which can put a couple of hundred watt into a 4ohm load? Also I know I'm coming from a Class-A Pass certified space heater, but I'd be open to consider Class-D modules as well.
Sure, but at that point I could just tweak the Aleph-Xs and while that is certainly an option I was wondering if this is still the best / most ideal system the DIY crowd is looking on this decade.
Mind you I guess it's a sign of the amps withstanding the test of time.
Mind you I guess it's a sign of the amps withstanding the test of time.