First Experience With Separate Amplification

beavis814
beavis814 Posts: 10
edited November 2005 in Electronics
I just received a pair of Outlaw M2200 monoblocks to drive my rti12's that I have had for almost a year. After hooking everything up and recalibrating with the Avia dvd and spl meter, I was amazed at the improvement in sound quality. I thought the 12's sounded pretty darn good before, but now they sound great. I was grinning from ear to ear!

If it hadn't been for all of the great advice on this site, i may have never even considered separate amplification. Now I need to get another amp for the csi5. :)
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited November 2005
    good deal, nothing better than spending money and hearing an improvement.
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
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    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited November 2005
    Cool. Don't just stop with the center channel, get an amp for the rears, too.

    What kind of sub do you have?
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2005
    Geez, EB, let him enjoy what he's got for 5 minutes... :p
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited November 2005
    beavis814 wrote:
    I just received a pair of Outlaw M2200 monoblocks to drive my rti12's that I have had for almost a year. After hooking everything up and recalibrating with the Avia dvd and spl meter, I was amazed at the improvement in sound quality. I thought the 12's sounded pretty darn good before, but now they sound great. I was grinning from ear to ear!

    If it hadn't been for all of the great advice on this site, i may have never even considered separate amplification. Now I need to get another amp for the csi5. :)

    Enjoy,Those 12's are just starting to wake up...Your 5 also thirsts for that 200 wpc...There is no substitute for good,clean power.
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  • arttymus
    arttymus Posts: 12
    edited November 2005
    Good thread beavis814 ....wel done on the outlaws.

    I'm in the market soon for som epower amps for my Rti12 also, so nice to hear the outlaw mono blocks are working out good for you.

    Good way to go also, means you can upgrade in small steps. nice deal on outlaws site just now for monoblocks.

    Have you gave them a good demo, I'd like to hear more about how the Rti12 s open up with some power amps.

    Have fun

    art
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited November 2005
    Heh heh heh! Now it starts. Geez this sounds familiar. First I got the Parasound, then I got a monoblock, now I will eventually get a 5 chnl amp! If I knew then what I know now, I would have just gotten a 5 channel & been done with it!

    Happy upgrading fellas.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • beavis814
    beavis814 Posts: 10
    edited November 2005
    Early B:

    I don't have a sub yet. There's not really a good place to put one in the familiy room. However, I'm in the process of finishing the basment, and all of the audio/video equipment is going down there. Once that's all done, I'll probably be getting an svs of some sort. ;)


    arttymus:

    I don't have any hesitations about recommeding the Outlaw monoblocks for the rti12's. The first thing I noticed was an improved soundstage. Then, I cranked up a few dvd's to reference level, and the 12's didn't have any problems. The sounded great! Also, since the receiver is no longer powering the 12's, the sound quality of my surround speakers (a pair of fxi5's) seemed to improve as well. Although, I'll need to do a little more listening to be sure.
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