https://www.ecoustics.com/podcasts/vintage-audio-series-episode-3/ everything hi-fi Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.ecoustics.com/podcasts/vintage-audio-series-episode-3/#comment-151516 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 21:35:43 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/podcasts/vintage-audio-series-episode-3/#comment-151516 Looking back after listening to this episode I begin to question my decision to pair Altec Model 14 speakers with a Phase Linear 400 power amp when I started assembling my first high end system in late 1980. the Altecs had 95 dB efficiency while the Phase pushed out a no-sweat 200 WPC. but boy, did they sound punchy! The speakers had overload protection but it was never triggered.

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