Please advise me on these monitors

[rockem]

well here's the deal

I got a pair of NS-10M (not studio) for about 100$ in perfect
shape, and I liked what I was hearing
I was happy for this deal as I wanted to replace
my M-Audio SP-5B for a long time

and I bought the alesis ar150 for it

But ...

as I realized that I need the more powerful ar300 amp
this adventure is becoming a bit expensive

so, as I see it I have only two options

1. buy the ar300 amp and stay with the ns10
2. buy the Alesis Active MkII monitors new (thats what they have in that store)

my fear is that the ns10 will blow or something and I will
have hard time to fix it

thanx

[Massive Master]

The 150 should be plenty powerful for NS10's...

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com

[rockem]

Well, I tried it and well I didn't get any normal volume

I got the clip light turn on way too early

[Gidge]

you may have some wires crossed or something....that amp should power those monitors easily.......

i had that "clip light" thing happen to me with a speaker wire i made......i suck at soldering

[Massive Master]

The more I think about it, I'd almost be afraid to put THAT much power into NS-10's...

I stopped using them after my 5th or 6th set of tweeters...

John

[Gidge]

the ra150 has volume control so you dont have to use it at full power.......

[Massive Master]

I know, it's just that those tweeters are notoriously easily blown.

Auralex has a wonderful "circuit breaker" for them for all you NS10 fans...

JS

[rockem]

Originally posted by Massive Master
The more I think about it, I'd almost be afraid to put THAT much power into NS-10's...

I stopped using them after my 5th or 6th set of tweeters...

John

you do realize that the ra150 puts only 45W per channel

[Massive Master]

I assumed by the model number that it would hit 75/75...

So much for model numbers...

JS

[rockem]

Originally posted by Massive Master
I assumed by the model number that it would hit 75/75...

So much for model numbers...

JS

well it is I think for 4 Ohm, but for 8 its 45W

[Massive Master]

I don't even remember the impedance on the NS-10's...

All I remember is those...

damn...

tweeters...

sailing across the room...

But, I always kept a few extras in stock.

JS

[rockem]

what amp were you using for them ?

did you have a fuse between the amp and the speakers ?


thanx

[Massive Master]

Probably a Hafler TransNova 3000 (or higher)... Been a while...

No fuse across the tweeter - they didn't have the Yamaha NS10 Protection Circuit at that time...

It was pretty normal at a lot of studios... We all kept several spares in a cabinet somewhere... It only took one good transient to send them to the can.

JS