Yamaha NS-10 (what would be the perfect power amp?)

[Mastersonics]

hi
is anyone familiar with the Hothouse One Thousand
and the Muse 100 series power amps?

please let me know your take on these ones

i'm getting a killer price on both amps

just want to know if they are great or just so so amps,
comparing it to the allmighty Bryston 4B

please let me know
thanks,
charles

[MarcoM]

Hi there,

I'm not familiar with the amps you've mentioned, but my experience with the NS-10s is that they sound WAY better if you use an amp rated well in excess of 100W.

The only problem I've had was when the amp was too small and it clipped, generating square waves which in the long run damaged the drivers.

The NS-10s can take short peaks over the nominal 50-60W (depending on which model you've got: consumer or studio?), and transients are better played by rather robust amps. We usually employ Quad 520f, Bryston 4B, Amcron 300A amps, but I've used them even with a C-Audio RA-3000 (450WPC!) and I never had any problem.

[Brent Hahn]

I'm not familiar with the amps you've mentioned, but my experience with the NS-10s is that they
sound WAY better if you use an amp rated well in excess of 100W.

The only problem I've had was when the amp was too small and it clipped, generating square waves
which in the long run damaged the drivers.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Especially true if you're working analog. Rewinding in search mode through an underpowered amp can kill your tweeters in a jiffy.