Newbie that just bought two LS90

goldeneye
goldeneye Posts: 4
edited December 2010 in Vintage Speakers
I recently bought a pair of LS90s off a guy and they seem to be in awesome shape. I am new to the audiophile scene and was wondering what would be a good setup to start with in order to bring out the sound. I'm quite new to this, but I think the sound is a little soft and the treble is a bit tin-sounding...but that could be due to the equalizer...I don't really know. The bass is excellent. It's nice and deep. I just think there is some great potential hiding in these speakers and I don't even know it.

Which amplifier should I get? The previous owner said he had a separate amp for the tweeters and subwoofer. Should I set it up the same way? How would I do that (2 channel, 4 chanel, etc.?).

What wattage should the amps be?

This is kind of over my head at the moment. I hope you guys can help me out :)


Here's a link to the speakers: http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/recent/ls90/
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited December 2010
    get a high current amp, something in the 100-200wpc range and high current. don't worry about bi-amping I did not hear any difference when I bi-amped mine. Be careful with an EQ sometimes when you turn a certain frequency up too high it will distort and be sure if you use an EQ you don't use anything else, no tone controls on the pre. leave it flat.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2010
    If you want to do a nice cheap 2 channel you can search ebay for refurbed HK's. Are you doing 2 channels or 5.1?
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2010
    How much are you wanting to spend? If you want to biamp you'll need two separate amplifiers, preferably identical.
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  • goldeneye
    goldeneye Posts: 4
    edited December 2010
    Hey, sorry for the double post. My original post is here: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1478676&posted=1#post1478676

    Thanks guys
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