Phil Leigh;171324 Wrote: > PF - don't the Yams need a powerful amp to drive them? They are > infinite baffle and not too easy to drive as I remember. > Phil
I believe the older NS-1000 series is fairly sensitive, and not a dificult load either. Certainly nothing like panel speakers! My 50W Krell KSA-50S drives them to ear-splitting levels (but that amp can pump out 50 amps). To test this I just hooked up my old Rotel RB-970BX. It kicks very reasonable butt with my Yams (NS-2000, very similar to the 1000 series). I think the Rotel can be improved by removing the 5A output fuses, BTW (if one dares). Also, the spades didn't fit the puny terminals on the Rotel very well. It still sounds pretty good. I could live with this sound. In fact a lot better than I was prepared for! (I think I could fool anyone it was the Krell playing.) The NS-1000 series is from an era when amps often were poor at delivering current, wheras today's amps are much better at this (even cheaper ones). BTW, unvented boxes shouldn't be less efficient than ported ones, except if the cabinets are really small and a lot of trickery is done to try to extend bass? (It's more of a question than a statement, as I'm not a speaker guru.) -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31780 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
