Bass amp - again! (BD-Design)

by Paul Folbrecht, Thursday, September 09, 2010, 20:07 (4975 days ago)

Bert et al,

I'm still looking for a bass amp for my Orphean Compact Ref bass bins (which, by the way, are fantastic!)

I have tried an ICE amp (Bel Canto). Not bad at all, perhaps I should have kept it, but I find the midbass very 'dry' with ICE amps.

Am now using a Rogue 88 KT88 tube amp. 60W ultralinear. Pretty good too, but it has some noise! It seems it is not made for 100 dB speakers.

I am now eyeing some 'vintage' class A solid-state amps like Threshold and Forte.

The Forte Model 4 is 50W into 8 ohms - so probably 25W into 16. Is that enough power?? Would this be a good choice?

If not that, the Threshold 400A is 100W into 8 ohms, 50W into 16. I could go that route but only want to if the extra power is really beneficial. I don't listen too loudly - 95 dB peaks - but my room is very large.

Thanks!