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In the Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers
Post Subject: Both midrange and bassPosted by Amir on: 11/26/2023
 Paul S wrote:
Amir, what you say and the simple way you put it is indeed a very important consideration for speaker/amp matching, and it is something that one must actually hear and cultivate in the first place. Since there is no way to emperically quantify the "results" in this case, it becomes in fact a matter of "taste", a popular shuttlecock in Philosophy, widely misunderstood and underappreciated in Audio. Also in this catagory is the matter of "texture", a sub-set of "dynamics", and many other equally important matters better understood in Musical terms than in audio terms. All this is something we must all deal with at some point in our personal audio journey, along with the excruciating problems of "trade-offs", where something we want must give in order to get something else we want. basically, Either/Or. Simply stated, anyone who thinks they will get it all has not been at it very long.

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Paul S

Paul  
In my experience if power is enough then you will have macro dynamics but there is 2 important factor for matching, first is the bass and second is the midrange, both are important . midrange harmonics will un-lock when you have perfect matching. 
I think matching of amplifier/speaker is a big problem in this industry , for example Wilson Alexandria , I have listened to Alexandria with many amplifiers and finally convinced wilson Alexandria gives you best harmonics with tubes not SS amplifiers but finding a good tube amplifier for Alexandria is not easy. Wilson Alexandria needs power and most high power tube amplifiers are not as good as low power tube amplifiers. Dave wilson used high power VTL tube amplifier for main tower and high power SS parasound for bass tower (under 38hz) but I doubt if VTL (300W/CH) could shine as good as low power SETs.
I have no rule but It seems paper drivers do not like SS amplifiers and low feedback push-pull SS may like modern drivers more than paper drivers.
finally my knowledge about what happen between amplifier and speaker is zero. 

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