YES, if you want to put it in a 700 chassis
White Oak Audio has everything you need, except the speaker protection and Watts Abundant has that.
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I'm not familiar with Gelder, but I'll look into his work. I really appreciate the work of Alan Parsons, Roger Nichols and Robert Ludwig to name a few of my favorites.
I have a true appreciation for well engineered recordings. Of course, as the quality of equipment improves it becomes more crucial for enjoyable listening. There are some very old recordings that are done at a level that amazes me for the technology of the day. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis is...
I would classify it as Psychedelic meets Techno with some sound effects added. Definitely interesting and I can see how it is a great system test.
I didn't really know my speakers and WOPL could perform as well as they did.
I don't think that silpad is correct. EDIT--- I guess it probably is the right one
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I love ESS AMT's! I have a variety. My main rig has a pair of AMT 3 Rock Monitors for the front driven by a WOPL 400. Another PL400 drives a pair of Infinity RS with EMIT tweeters and Watkins woofers for rear. Carver C1s feeding both. See Avatar. Great group here with massive...
Probably more for shipping protection than anything else. Vibration of ships, trains and trucks. Better there than the stuff on the board that eats the leads away. Very common in stuff I've worked on.
The relay will shunt the arc to ground until the fuse blows if it doesn’t quench sooner, thus preventing it from reaching the speaker. Simply opening the contacts could result in a continuing arc to the speaker until the fuse lets go.