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Post Subject: PEGGED!!!Posted by Paul S on: 8/26/2012
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Today I listened for the first time to an interesting CD that's been sitting there unopened for some time, namely Mahler 3 by the Koln Phiharmonie, on the new-to-me WDR "label" (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), conducted by Semyon Bychkov. I will get into the performance and recording, etc. another time. In this thread, the subject is musical dynamics, and what it takes to get them from hi-fi, as this relates to the MA-9S2s.
Sure - of course - this CD is "compressed"; but it is also pretty "dynamic" as recordings go. Based on my volume setting of "20", the music was not as "loud" as I sometimes play it. However, noticing the "dynamics", I switched on the VU meters, only to watch them "peg" repeatedly. Folks, this might mean 600W or more into each DEBZ! FYI, there was no noise or anything from the amps or the speakers that would call "technical" attention to the event, apart from the meter pegging to the right.
Again, the DEBZs are "96-97 dB efficient". So much for "throwing away" "extra" power!
Again: Hmmm...
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