I use a 35 wpc AVA UltraValve to drive my HT2-TL. They are crossed-over @ 80hz through an SMS-1 that drives (4) subs (thank you, thank you, thank you, Jeff B.) The HT2-TL will play to a ridiculously-loud level, if I want. Not the case before the subs, however, and to achieve loud, defined bass, I used my AVA 440, putting out 300+ wpc into the 4 ohm HT2-TL. One of the biggest improvements with the subs, playing music with loud, deep passages, is the improved clarity in the mid-range.
Now, anyone want to buy my HT2-TL, a DCX, DEQ, Feedback Destroyer, a Behringer room calibration mic, cables, and XLR to RCA adapters soI can order a pair of SS8 and buy another SMS-1?
I just moved into new digs. I have a huge room with 28' foot ceilings, in places.
A lot different than my first room, as Dennis, Zybar, and OgOgilby could attest to, which was 12' X 14', and for which there isn't enough OC703 in the world to control the bass, and even my second room, a huge improvement, that was 12' X 24' (with a mostly-open 16' deep room behind it). Just moved into my new place yesterday. The movers got tired and left, and I spent the entire night carrying car-loads of stuff between the two homes, then closed on the old house @ 2PM today and the new house @ 4PM today. It will take a few days to organize, and I am racing this weekend, but I am already craving music. When it's all set-up, I hope my NEAR colleagues will join me for music, billiards, food, drink, and camaraderie. I am now in Watertown, MA, just a couple of miles from my old place.
Hope that I didn't get off topic.