Mac 501s or Krell 350mcx for 801n?

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  • quan325i
    Member
    • Apr 2005
    • 40

    Mac 501s or Krell 350mcx for 801n?

    I'm currently driving my 801N with a pair of MC501s and they sounds lack of bass that I'm looking for. Will a switch to a pair of MCX 350 from Krell give me the extra tight bass i'm looking for without breaking the bank? Thanks.

    QN
  • htsteve
    Super Senior Member
    • Sep 2004
    • 1216

    #2
    I would think that MC501's would be able to drive the 800N's pretty well. I am driving 802D's with an MC402 with very good results.

    Room acoustics play a definite role in bass response. My bass response was quite good in my room. Then I added bass traps behind the 802D's. This helped quite a bit. Bass depth and quality was definitely improved.


    What is your room layout like?


    Hope this helps.

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    • DeepEndX
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2005
      • 106

      #3
      What kind of music do you listen? MCX 350 will definite have a stronger punch in the bass, but you will loose the silkiness of Macs.

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      • Orb
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2008
        • 147

        #4
        Apologies if this is wrong information, but can you also set the ohm tap?
        If so I would had thought setting to 4ohm made sense.
        Cheers
        Orb

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        • gross30
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2005
          • 282

          #5
          On some of the Mac's you can utilize the ohm taps. I run my 800n's on the 4ohm taps on the 1201's. I still run subs as well, as I am a bass freak....lolol

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          • htsteve
            Super Senior Member
            • Sep 2004
            • 1216

            #6
            I also run my Mac's on the 4 Ohm taps. That was the best response in my system.
            Last edited by htsteve; 08 May 2010, 18:24 Saturday.

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            • jericho
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2004
              • 280

              #7
              I run Mac's on the 8 Ohm tap. 1201's with 800D's, 501's with 802D's

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              • gross30
                Senior Member
                • Jun 2005
                • 282

                #8
                Hey Jericho, not to hi-jack the thread, but how did you find the 8 ohm taps on your 1201's. I see your running 2 subs as well. I am using two DD-15's. I really like the bass response in the larger room. Maybe with the 800d's there would be a significance. I must try the 8ohm for fun...lol. I really got into the groove with the 4ohm taps and just enjoyed the sound so much I never bothered with the 8's.
                HT Steve, I as well found the 4 ohm taps to be where I wanted to be for listening. I seen a lot of people who all suggested the 4 ohms over the 8's. Did you try the 8's ?? Those 501's are an awesome set of mono's. Nice gear.

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                • quan325i
                  Member
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 40

                  #9
                  Has anyone tried to run the 501s on the 2ohm outputs?

                  QN

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                  • DM3000 Owner
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2006
                    • 475

                    #10
                    Originally posted by quan325i
                    I'm currently driving my 801N with a pair of MC501s and they sounds lack of bass that I'm looking for. Will a switch to a pair of MCX 350 from Krell give me the extra tight bass i'm looking for without breaking the bank? Thanks.

                    QN
                    I had the same problem with N801's and S800's. Don't bother with amps, you already have good ones. Just add a sub. Bass response in my room was lacking and a sub was the only thing that helped.

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                    • Pedro
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 303

                      #11
                      I don´t know exactly how low is the impedance of N801, but from what i read it goes below 3ohms. So it´s a high demand current speaker, and i would think if a pair of 350MCX wouldnt output more power and more bass from them. They have big toroidal transformers and according to the specs should output 1400W@2ohms! Of course as mentioned by DeepEndX they should not have the smooth sound of Macs but they should sound neutral, coz we´re talking here a pair of amps which MSRP was around USD15K. Actually owning the 801D i´ve just tested them before with a simple Krell kav400xi. I know they don´t demand the same current as the N801, coz they don´t go below 4ohms, but even being drived by a 400W@4ohm integrated amp they can deliver strong bass for a 40m² room.

                      So i advise listening your N801 with these Krells monoblocks, you´d be surprise for your music taste :T

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