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In Reply to: Sound Labs are not a good match for any solid state amp due to their 30 Ohm impedance posted by Ralph on July 2, 2024 at 13:27:18:
I have owned many planar speakers, both electrostats and ribbons. For electrostats it really depends on the design, some work just fine with SS (like Acoustat) and some don't (like STAX). For planar magnetic speakers, some will actually work with SET because of the flat impedance. My Apogees actually sounded nice with a Cary SET. My BG planar drivers loved my KR Audio amp, with a second. KR on the 10 inch woofer.
So, the short answer is for electrostats, it depends. They have both high and low impedance , although my ACOUSTATS had relatively mild variance but my Stax had a wild impedance.
Planar magnetic speakers usually have a nearly flat impedance and so it is only low sensitivity that makes them not so SET friendly.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Sound Labs are not a good match for any solid state amp due to their 30 Ohm impedance - morricab 23:46:04 07/02/24 (5)
- +1 exactly! nt - Ralph 08:55:33 07/03/24 (0)
- RE: Sound Labs are not a good match for any solid state amp due to their 30 Ohm impedance - Story 02:48:23 07/03/24 (3)
- +1 Quads don't need nearly the power! nt - Ralph 08:56:26 07/03/24 (2)
- nor can they take it if it's given to them :( - mhardy6647 12:55:22 07/07/24 (1)
- Didn't ask; - Ralph 09:30:47 07/08/24 (0)
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