[Vulcan00]

Jim:

Have you ever built any active speakers?  I was wondering about one of your smaller book shelf type with the Hypex Ncore 400 power amps?

Harrison

*** Here is a data sheet link:  http://www.hypex.nl/docs/NC400_datasheet.pdf

[jsalk]

Jim:

Have you ever built any active speakers?  I was wondering about one of your smaller book shelf type with the Hypex Ncore 400 power amps?

Harrison

*** Here is a data sheet link:  http://www.hypex.nl/docs/NC400_datasheet.pdf

Harrison -

We have built active speakers in the past - mostly large 3-ways.  I am sure that active speakers could be built with these amps and power supplies.  I have been thinking about doing a pair just for fun, but they would be somewhat expensive once you purchase the amps, power supplies, connectors, plates to mount them on, etc.

- Jim

[yetis]

Harrison -

We have built active speakers in the past - mostly large 3-ways.  I am sure that active speakers could be built with these amps and power supplies.  I have been thinking about doing a pair just for fun, but they would be somewhat expensive once you purchase the amps, power supplies, connectors, plates to mount them on, etc.

- Jim

I would be interested in a center channel that matches my ss8's, with these amps.

[yetis]

We have built active speakers in the past - mostly large 3-ways.  I am sure that active speakers could be built with these amps and power supplies.  I have been thinking about doing a pair just for fun, but they would be somewhat expensive once you purchase the amps, power supplies, connectors, plates to mount them on, etc.
- Jim

Jim, Any thought on this.  Any way you can cram a Hypex Ncore amp and power supply into HT2 center channel. All I need is a XLR out (and power). Running these amps on the SS8's and they sound good.  My only issue is that good CD's sound good and bad ones are just not bearable.

[jsalk]

Jim, Any thought on this.  Any way you can cram a Hypex Ncore amp and power supply into HT2 center channel. All I need is a XLR out (and power). Running these amps on the SS8's and they sound good.  My only issue is that good CD's sound good and bad ones are just not bearable.

I don't see any reason it couldn't be done.  I presume you mean you need an XLR in, not out.  Also, do you mean SoundScape center or HT2C center?

Can you describe what sounds bad with bad CD's?

- Jim

[yetis]

I don't see any reason it couldn't be done.  I presume you mean you need an XLR in, not out.  Also, do you mean SoundScape center or HT2C center?

Can you describe what sounds bad with bad CD's?

- Jim

I guess I should move this to email.  But for sake of thread closure, yes XLR in and a HTC2.  While the SS is desirable, just too large in this case.  I will keep it black.

As for the music, it seems to be older music, jazz/classical that is somewhat remastered onto CD.  Some sound very musical, with depth, imaging and just right.  Others are just not great.  I am using a Meridian 861 processor, as the processor.  The room correction has not been performed yet. Amps are as discussed,  above, with XLR inputs.  Speaker cables are custom Furutech bi-amp cables, with four-way post on both speakers and amps

[Nuance]

As for the music, it seems to be older music, jazz/classical that is somewhat remastered onto CD.  Some sound very musical, with depth, imaging and just right.  Others are just not great.  I am using a Meridian 861 processor, as the processor.  The room correction has not been performed yet.

That's definitely the one major downfall of owning a hi-fidelity speaker that is true to the source; the source music will be portrayed in all of it's full glory...or not.  If the recording is bad it will stay bad, unfortunately.