He questions his hearing anything better, read it again, he questions the fact that he knew he changed teh wires, maybe that changed his thinking. And it was the only one that responed, so why not keep some free stuff. But if he was also going from 18ga to say a 12 guage, any changes he might have heard is more a change due to a physicla thing called wire size. The fact that he questioned himself, di dhe really hear anything? Also mentions none of this dramatic over teh top improvements liek magic wire companies lead you to beleive in their nonsense ads.

Like fine Porsches, WATTS from AVA there is no substitute!!! Around 4800 is about all i need for now. It does make it better. Bass is clearly defined, highs and mids are super clear and ALIVE. A few hundred won't do it. I heard these same speakers with a mere 250 or so pc, it DISTORTED!!! I heard it, my ears do work, they hear things that matter, not delusions of fuses and magic twists. Bass is always more defined when using more watts to control the drivers, do your own test use a single amp, then Bi amp easily heard improvement. then double that and it's again dramatic improvemtn. Eash amp does less, sounds better. Not 125dB, that would be absurd....around 106 or so when really crankin'...it's ALIVE. Take a good SPL meter to a LIVE event, you'll be surprised just how loud a really good live event is. AND if it's done right, it's not shrill, boomy or painful. There is a difference, in live setups like at home setups. I've heard many bad live events, and some incredible ones that was loud and pristine. you may have been to to many BAD events where you think LOUD is bad, it's not teh volume, it's the DISTORTION!!!!

Using the SAME amps, just more of em, bass got better and better, and the highs and mids got better and better, defined crystal clear Watts, it does matter. don't care how efficient the speakers are, more watts, just controls it all better. Like a car with much more HP than you really use for normal cruising, when you need the HP and torque, it's there to be used. Can't make chicken soup out of chicken shit, without watts it's all chicken shit.

2 VanAlstine Ultra phase inverters driving 4 amps, each amp running in mono from the AVA phse inverters. Each speaker gets Bi-amped.

Ear plugs whenever i go to a live event...Kenny Wayne Shepperd was EXTREEMLY loud, at teh pain level, that was retarded!! But he can sure play. There is LOUd and thne there is ABSURD....106db at home is loud, not absurd, Kenny Wayne had to be up at 120 or so, i alwyas now carry ear plugs, always use proectection. Ringing ears teh next day ain't what I'm after. Read all about the dude from The Who, he is now an advocate of hearing proectection. The ear plugs allow you to actually hear everything better, cus it takes teh bite out of the excess lod. sometimes it's not that loud, sometimes stuff is way out of whack. 32,000 W at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville. I think i have more watts p/sq feet than them....you can't more air without WATTS and drivers to do it. No magic wires or wall outlets change physcis.

Legacy Helix need 3 amps per side, on top of teh one built in for the sub 750 on each speaker. So it would need 6 amps per system!! Cool...too bad Helix from Legacy is out of my world.....not enough hours in the day to work to pay for them. They are slick, seen them at the open house years ago. Like a Audi RS4 with 420HP, you don't need it all the time, but when ya do, it's nice to have it. Watts, it does good.