Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Axiom 8 Channel amp or multiple 2 channel amps

Ok that was a freakishly timely post! I just got done watching Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure which is all about pixie dust. And because I just moved my sub up front and pushed my seating closer to the speakers wanted to test the effect it had on the stereo separation and bass so I put on Abby Road.

I have not doubt that I will get separates at some point. However my first choice in amps would be a tube amp. Not trying to start any debates just stating I like tube amps when paired with “bright” speakers and for right now I can listen with my Onkyo 3007 much louder than is healthy w/o any distortion I can detect.

GRUNT: My first choice in amps would be a tube amp.

YODA: Tubes, yes. Good they are. Like them you will, you will.

Yes the first audio Jedi master I knew, a housemate at university, had a tube amp and I loved it. Besides sounding good you can put on trippy music and . . . well trip out and stare at it. Ok you’re either into that sort of thing or not.

When I was demoing speakers before getting the Axioms I almost picked up some Focal Chorus at a local shop. I loved the way they sounded with the tube amp he had hooked up. Only problem to go that route then would have cost to much at the time (I was not really employed then) and my focus was HT so I figured I would need something that could also handle that.

Once I finish my HT room looking at tube amps is high on the list. I’ll be sure to ask for recommendations.

Cheers,
Dean

Tubes also known as fire bottles. Good to look at great for music. The combination of Focals and a SET tube amp is magic. So is the combination of a pair of M3Tis and a SET amp.

G'luck with your HT set up!

Have you heard the Dolby intro to Indiana Jones Cave of the Crystal Skull? I can listen to that thing all day long. Every domain of the frequency range gets to shine but to really get the full measure of delightful sonic violence you need a sub which goes down to 20 Hz or better.

That reminds me. I need to listen to that again now that I have my dual EP800s along with the SVS AS-EQ1. It sounded good me to before, but not absolutely wonderful. Maybe it'll sound better now.

I like that one it’s got a lot more going on than the old THX intro like at the beginning of “Star Wars III.” The animation is pretty cool too. However, I’m kind of nostalgic for the old one since it reminds me of when I use to go to movie theaters. My EP500 does a good job on the low frequencies anything it can’t handle gets picked up by the Buttkicker well at least down to 5Hz. I’m not sure how low anything I’ve got recorded actually goes since the Buttkicker’s low-pass filter bottoms out at 40Hz. Plenty going on below that.

Dual 800s, yes that should work!

Home theater movie watching certainly presents fewer bio hazards than the movie theater experience.