Recent content by Dobbler

Yeah, that's going the other direction $$$ LOL.

Thank you @JonFo I've been running the reQuests passively bi-amped with the Classe CAV-150 since I bought the speakers new in 1996 (~ 300w @ 4Ω x 4). The active woofer mod was what caught my attention initially, and then I started down this rabbit hole... I'd still like to replace the 70lb...

I’d like to retire my large, hot and aging Classe multi channel amp. It runs fine but if I can get the similar sound quality for less $, less power draw and less heat…

<moved from another thread for visibility> I've done a dozen searches and not come up with an answer on this one. Is it possible to bi-amp a set of reQuests with a pair of Crown XLS Class D amplifiers? Either horizontal or vertical. I am confident I can drive the low end woofers, but what...

Moving to a separate thread.

That's an impressive configuration, one top and one bottom!

Photos added!

Ouch - I paid $600 for a set in 2010. ML said they were the last set made - when did they restart production?

SOLD locally.

Almost 6 years later, I'm back! So that CAV-180 I bought had to be almost immediately returned to the seller. That thing got WAY TOO HOT and I believe something was wrong with it. So tonight I finally got around to trying a bi-wire configuration with the CAV-150. Aside from the massive...

Bumping two years later...

Does anyone know the life expectancy of the woofers? My panels sounded fine after 14 years, but I replaced them proactively. I bought the last pair of panels made for the reQuests (sorry). The woofers appear to be fine after 17.5 years -- they've seen light to moderate use over 14 of those...

Cost and effort? What's the cost and effort (skill set + time) required for these modifications? Is there a write-up somewhere outlining the hows and whats? Does anyone offer a service to perform such an upgrade/upgrades?

Motion 8 I have a Motion 8 that is extremely easy to place and matches up very well with the Purity. I bought it on advice from ML CS and have been very happy with the choice.

I have Motion 12's and a Motion 8 in my bedroom setup, and I'm driving them *with ease* with a Pioneer Elite receiver (110w x 7). I don't think you're going to get much more out of them with a separate pre/pro and amp. I would spend the money on a good subwoofer (sounds like you may already...