stereo vs surround

[mrray13 30]

that's impressive jim...damn!

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Supa_c 1]

Stick your head in there, if you don't think it can get bone-jarringly loud. I bet those things can get to the point of pain off a watt and a half.

Even with medium to high efficiency speaks (like 92 to 96dB, a good range), 3 to 5 watts is really all you need for comfortable listening. I'm not using the tube system for home theater or parties...that's what the NAD and JBL's (eventually with the TC prototype and 1kW rack amp) are for. The triodes are for when I feel like relaxing, or studying, or simply want to hear some great sounding music without my ears bleeding off.

If nothing else, listening too loud, all the time, will result in you talking like Lil' Jon when you're 30

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The question is......

Why dont they use stuff like this in movie theatres ?

They have the space...but why dont they use them.....must be a good reason not to

[EFFENDI 0]

The environment is much louder.. much like in car audio there is road noise, in movie theatres there is HVAC, audience noise, projector noise, etc.. Also, the sound of a system like the example Frosty posted is highly dependant upon room acoustics. Movie theatres are much larger, and obviously are going to require more power/ouput from the drivers used in its speaker systems. Plus, designs like that are much much more expensive and labor intensive.

I doubt that a multiplex owner would be willing to shell out the dough, and wait as long as it would take to buils a system like that. Commercial movie theatres are designed for one thing only, making money.

[Supa_c 1]

I wasnt asking you

[Supa_c 1]

quoting = asking/answering the person you quoted.

[Supa_c 1]

Then let him

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

those horns are unreal, I would love to put my 30 year old Pioneer on them and power them up and listen to Let it Be

[JimJ 11]

I would love to put my 30 year old Pioneer on them and power them up and listen to Let it Be

lennon @ 130+dB...

[Acidburn 10]

those horns are crazy looking

nice pics Frosty

[JimJ 11]

nice pics Frosty

Oh, how I wish those were mine. I wanna pair of 103dB horns

[Impious 1,476]

nice pics Frosty

Oh, how I wish those were mine. I wanna pair of 103dB horns

I have a pair of 106db horns

[JimJ 11]

But they aren't full range

[Supa_c 1]

[Impious 1,476]

But they aren't full range

Sure they are ........Just won't sound very good doing it

[Scarenius 0]

Now imagine those horns with over 300 watts of power and speakers that handle it to match. Crazy Loud.

EDIT: and when I say horns I mean horn enclosures and not 106 db efficient horn drivers. =p

[Supa_c 1]

I doubt those speakers would take 300W.

[JimJ 11]

I doubt they'd take 50.

Those are Lowthers...meant for 1-10 watts, no more.

[Supa_c 1]

Im guessing tube power ?

[JimJ 11]

or Class A MOSFETs...

You should Google "Pass Labs Zen" sometime. There is solid-state stuff that is class A single-ended, just not a lot. Which is a shame.