At what volume did those units start to clip?

I once read up on this and it said everything Eric has stated above. Those old class A soundstreams only put out about 7 watts into class A. Then they switch into class B above this power output level, just like every other in car amp. So if you only power a tweeter at a very very low volume you mig...

and my fav of all time http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/shaheenk/S4010059.jpg I know these well now. I just acquire two - a totally perfect XVR2 from Joerg, plus a good XVR4 from TA. I stripped both down yesterday to a pile of bits, cleaned and polished everything, then put all the 4 ohm comp...

Subtle & classy

Knowing your luck you find a mint one for five quid

That's what put me off the Naks too. The 700 has a less than ideal reputation for going wrong. The 500 seems even worse with known software issues. The 300 is not a great SQ unit as it's rather budget. So that just leaves the 400. Which has in built amps that get too hot and can cause issues. But th...

It's only until I save for the Z1 or similar anyway. But a few people said it's a good unit

Ever looked inside those Crossblock's guys? Also how large are they?


Do you guys think the caps will be ok in my XVR2 & 4 passives? They have PG logo's on them. No sign of dampness though.

I also looked at a new nakamichi cd400 for that low price. But funnily enough a few people suggested I look at an old school Kenwood SQ HU instead, for next to no money as well. So that is currently my temporary HU until I save up for either an MX406 or a Z1.

As Marko said, Kenwood did make the odd highly regarded item back in the day. But kids today won't remember that far back. As with most companies today they went down the route of cheap and cheerful instead. So I'm not convinced Kenwood is any worse than many other brands today. They all seem to be ...

Does anyone else have a thing for the look of well made passive x-overs? I seem to have always liked the look of a few shiny coils and caps all neatly laid out on a board. I recently took delivery of a shiny new toy from Joerg. The old school PG tri-mode passive: XVR2. It looks awesome with gleaming...

Perfect product and hyper fast Euro postage. Thanks!

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Can you post some pics for a visual reference? Would be appreciated.

Once it's all finished I'll post a new thread

I have made custom mounts for my MS-275's coils. The wires are also gone. In their place are solid copper conductors, soon to be gold plated and terminated in gold plugs. The coils are now suspended over the board right next to each other in a line, clamped properly onto the copper. The actual amp i...

OT: Some old school skateboards had up to 30 silk screen layers

Have you guys noticed that some MS boards are assembled much more neatly than others? On many boards the FET's seem to have been soldered in rather messily with large solder lumps visible on every FET leg. Whilst others feature totally immaculate FET installation with hardly any solder at all. My be...

Is it true that VRX have a warmer sound that most amps? How does your Tru compare in the spectrum from cold & clinical to warm? You don't often see this kit

Why did you sell them?

Well even if PG wasn't at the cutting edge anymore I still love them for what they are and the memories they give me. It was a special ere is car audio as we all know. But as you say, it does no harm to be realistic about other products. Thanks for all the input guys.

I was always under the impression that old school PG were pretty much as good as anything. So I was surprised by the comment. I just wondered if things had suddenly moved forward in recent years.

Now that is hand made!

To be honest I have ignored everything PG made after ZX/Ti. It's another company as far as I'm concerned, so have no interest in knowing about it

I wanted the title to grab some attention and force a reply. I posed the question in another thread, but it got lost and ignored

... compared to Audison VRX" Is what someone said to me the other week. Now I cannot comment as I have never heard any Audioson amplifier, let alone the VRX. The comment wasn't made so much as to imply that MS sound bad. Just that the VRX was supposedly on another level. I wanted to get your vi...

I've only just realized PG made a new range called Ryval. No one this thread is half dead and caused confusion