Is this true?

ptrooper
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    ???? That's a lot of power????
    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,507
    Thats a funny story indeed...! A little light on the truth though... a 7,100 cubic foot room, and they created enough pressure to blow a window :D
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Is it true the guys an idiot ?

    Yes.

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  • ptrooper
    ptrooper Posts: 501
    Come on now..David might be a club member and we wouldn't want to upset him..maybe he had the polly switch removed..... ;)
    someone might know him !
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    ptrooper wrote: »
    Come on now..David might be a club member and we wouldn't want to upset him..maybe he had the polly switch removed..... ;)
    someone might know him !

    So....that was 13 years ago and hopefully by now he's learned that mass amounts of power and sticky fingers on the volume dial don't necessarily equate to better sound.

    It does however equate to turning your tweeters into flame throwers, if that was the objective.....which by his post appears to be.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    tonyb wrote: »
    ptrooper wrote: »
    Come on now..David might be a club member and we wouldn't want to upset him..maybe he had the polly switch removed..... ;)
    someone might know him !

    So....that was 13 years ago and hopefully by now he's learned that mass amounts of power and sticky fingers on the volume dial don't necessarily equate to better sound.

    It does however equate to turning your tweeters into flame throwers, if that was the objective.....which by his post appears to be.

    Me thinks you nailed it.
    Pio Elete Pro 520
    Panamax 5400-EX
    Sunfire TGP 5
    Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
    PS Audio GCPH phono pre
    Sunfire CG 200 X 5
    Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
    OPPO BDP-83 SE
    SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
    Ctr CS1000p
    Sur - FX1000 x 4
    SUB - SVS PB2-Plus

    Workkout room:
    Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
    Onkyo TX-DS898
    GFA 555
    Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
    Ft - SDA 1C

    Not being used:
    RTi 38's -4
    RT55i's - 2
    RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
    LSI 15's
    CSi40
    PSW 404
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    So he bridged four nice Carver Amps, ran them dual mono, connected to 6 ohm nominal speakers, that drop well below 4 ohms at certain frequencies....
    Priceless!
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    edited August 2015
    daddyjt wrote: »
    Thats a funny story indeed...! A little light on the truth though... a 7,100 cubic foot room, and they created enough pressure to blow a window :D
    tonyb wrote: »
    Is it true the guys an idiot ?

    Yes.
    Winners.

    I would just love to know how a polyswitch can let through enough current to make the tweeter shoot two feet of flame and burn the grillecloth. First Guess: Total fabrication, lies from beginning to end. This bonehead didn't own ONE pair of 1.2TLs, never mind two pair powered by a thousand-plus watts--but he got positive attention in junior high for writing fiction.
    westmassguy wrote: »
    So he bridged four nice Carver Amps, ran them dual mono, connected to 6 ohm nominal speakers, that drop well below 4 ohms at certain frequencies....
    Priceless!
    I don't understand what you mean by "bridged" along with "dual mono".

    Seems to me he has four stereo amps, bridged so as to become monoblocks, with the speakers biamped.


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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    westmassguy wrote: »
    So he bridged four nice Carver Amps, ran them dual mono, connected to 6 ohm nominal speakers, that drop well below 4 ohms at certain frequencies....
    Priceless!
    I don't understand what you mean by "bridged" along with "dual mono".

    Seems to me he has four stereo amps, bridged so as to become monoblocks, with the speakers biamped.




    Two stereo amps bridged, equals two or dual monoblocks. He used four Carvers, so two sets of two monoblocks, or four monoblocks depending on how you look at it.
    The Carvers, when bridged, are rated for 8 ohms only. They are not rated for 4 or even 6 ohms when bridged, which explains why they overheated, and eventually failed.
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

    dhsspeakerservice.com/
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    If his window shattered it was a neighbor, armed with a pellet gun.
    Jay
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    sounds like this guy at work everything he does is 10x more than anybody else fun read though
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    An interesting read though. :smile:
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