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100 watt per channel tube amp overkill for AKG K1000?

post #1 of 7
10/25/11 at 11:21pm
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While I don't have a pair of AKG K1000s yet, I listened to a pair at the the Canjam at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, and was quite impressed.  Thinking about getting a pair. For those who have experience with them, while I know single ended 300B style tube amps are preferred by some with this "ear speaker", how would a real nice 100 watt per channel push/pull EL34 tube amp fair?  The reason I ask is that I have a Music Reference RM9 (classic tube amp) that rolls off the highs on my electrostatic panels (they go below 2 ohms in the treble), so of course I have not used it their in a while.  I was going to sell it on Audiogon (a shame, I had great times with the amp in the past, but love my Innersound Eros 3 speakers more, their electrostatic panel is NOT tube friendly).  Now since I experienced those K1000s, I'm thinking of getting a pair.  And I thought "instead of putting this 60 lb amp on Audiogon and then having to ship the HEAVY thing unless I find a NYC customer, I could use is as a over the top headphone amp for K1000s".  I certainly would not run out of headroom!

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post #2 of 7
10/25/11 at 11:29pm
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And yes, I meant "there" instead of "their" above.  I don't want anybody to think I'm an illiterate lout.  Just that I type fast sometimes.

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post #3 of 7
10/26/11 at 6:00am

Not overkill at alljecklinsmile.gif. With a sensitivity of 74 db for 1 mW and 120 ohm the AKG K1000 is going to thank you for the ekstra power with a glorious soundreproductionbiggrin.gif.


Edited by Calypso - 10/26/11 at 6:01am
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post #4 of 7
10/26/11 at 8:26am

Agreed! No such thing as overkill with a K1000 - I've used my pair with a Marantz PM-11S2 integrated and got nice results. I even read about a guy running a pair with a 500W Krell power amp.

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post #5 of 7
10/26/11 at 8:29am

I used a pair of conrad johnson premier 12s  140 watt monoblocks with my K1000s with no issues.

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post #6 of 7
10/26/11 at 9:14am
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Originally Posted by Mark Maloof View Post

And yes, I meant "there" instead of "their" above.  I don't want anybody to think I'm an illiterate lout.  Just that I type fast sometimes.



I just figured it was your cat typing. No literate human would have made such an ingregious error.

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10/26/11 at 9:30am
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Radio-head, you exposed my secret to the world. You don't have any idea how long it took me to train him to type. Saves me some time, though I have to deal with gramatical errors now and then. I can only teach that walnut-sized brain so much...
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