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In the Thread: High End Munich 2023
Post Subject: Higher powerPosted by Amir on: 6/18/2023
 Paul S wrote:
"High-efficiency electrostatic speakers"??? Is this not an oxymoron? My friend, Mark, who sometimes visits and posts in this form, has gigantic Sound Lab 'stats. He hates SS, and he uses VTL Wotan tube amps to drive them, 1.200W per channel, and it pretty much takes that sort of tube amp to do it. My Marantz SS amps drive them OK, but "efficient" is the last adjective I'd use for them. Also, of FR 'stats I've heard, those that can be driven with mid-power amps run out of steam pretty quick. Mark's will get quite loud, but back to 1,200 WPC...


Paul S


My problem with Electrostats is their limited dynamics, do you think more tube power (1200W) will increase the dynamics of Electrostats to an acceptable level?  actually I doubt it.

In my opinion some solutions in Audio are good for mid-level performance when the price matters but those are not perfect for ultimate performance.
for example Windows OS is very good for mid-level performance but only Linux platform lets you do big/complex work.
The Linux platform in high end audio is the 6way horn loudspeaker . you will have ultimate performance without degrading dynamics.if you check new products you will realize this industry does not care about dynamics, designers do their best for having more refine sound but they do not think about what happens to dynamics.

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