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    Quote Originally Posted by jcbrum View Post
    Try a decent 500w ab bipolar, then you'll know what current is
    Is that what's tacked inside those laptop speakers?


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    No !






    ...... there's TWO of 'em and if you call a bloody great big metal plate with the amps and transformer BOLTED to it - 'tacked' - then still NO

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    Mmmm, 500 watts each are they?

    Now are you sure that's not PMPO or some other strange concoction of letters created to make a small amp sound very large?

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    they'll do a solid 10 amps at 50v, suck it and see,

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    I guess you might get some bass out of his toy speakers when there's an 'F' in the month and if the wind is blowing in the right direction!

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    I'm going to stop being led into talking about AVI speakers by Marco, in case we have to ban him

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    I really like you JC, you take the bait every time!

    In seriousness I heard a pair of ADM9s by pure coincidence yesterday evening. I won't say anything now as I'm going to borrow the ones I heard, bring them home and set them up as I have set my Revels up and do a proper listening session.

    I will write up my findings in due course.

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    Which sort are they, USB or Opt/toslink ? and if so How old ? (there's four sorts now but no one is supposed to know that )

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    They were bought about a month ago, although I didn't ask anything about them, it was only a fleeting listen before heading out to the pub for a small but purposeful session of bloke banter aided by the fuel of stories.

    I'll obviously include all the details of them when I write my findings.

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    Van Damme 4.00mm tour grade speaker cable
    Audiocrast Spreizbar banana plugs
    Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
    Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
    QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect


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    SMSL SU-1 DAC
    Modified Fosi P4 preamp
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    Oh dear Marco. Your valve amp thread's been crapped on.

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