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Originally Posted by Whiskeydan
Past system,
McIntosh C22 pre-amp
2x Altec 1570b mono tube pwr amp (811A transmitter tubes) http://www.triodeel.com/al1570b.gif
Alpha one MC cartridge
Quad ESLs, Maggies, Acoustats...
Current system at home is a pr of "thrift store find" vintage Jensen TF-4 spkrs. Very nice for the $15 I paid.
A modified Sherwood AV receiver and a homebrew powered sub.
Acoustats are at the cabin.
Big system is a custom built Line Array consisting of 12 boxes of 10" drivers(100-1Khz), 2" P-audio covering 1K-20K(JBL copies) and four LAB subs (27-100hz folded horns) per side, about 12KW of QSC power amps, DBX driverack processing and a bunch of other expensive junk that is too heavy for me to be lugging these days.
I have to say that my outdoor PA sounds as good as any hi-fi stuff anyone has ever heard. Must be the man behind the curtain.  |
Dang... your past systems sound a lot like mine. Favorites were probably the C20 and MC30 (x2) or the AES SE-1 or velez 300B amp. Tubes are fun. Ran mostly vintage horn systems with those: Altec, JBL, Klipsch, Electrovoice, often modified.
I have owned Maggies and Acoustats, too (MG1's, Tympanis, SMg's, 1+1 with Medallion transformers, and 1100's). The panels were nice; I always found the sweet spot to be tiny -- but boy, was it sweet.