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Thanks Grant, and thanks for the link to the paper, which as it happens I had seen some time ago. As I indicated in my post yesterday, that appears above and was addressed to Ladavid, my experience has been that well recorded, minimally compressed symphonic music tends to have brief peaks in the area of 100 to 105 db at the listening position, which seems nicely consistent with both Lou's comments and with the 80 watt/channel capability of my amp.

Best regards,
-- Al

Sounds good!

Over 10k is lots of cash for cheap fostex midrange even if fancy cones coated.

I am lucky enough to own Daedalus Ulysses and can confirm that they are the real deal. Excellent dynamics and frequency extension. Lou Hinkley is terrific to work with and extremely customer friendly. I am using a Einstein "Light In Dark" 80 wpc tube hybrid amp and never run out of headroom. I did try Art Audio SET amp which did run out of steam at modest listening levels. I know Thom Mackris of Galibier Design is extremely pleased pairing Atma-sphere M60's with his Ulysses.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions...Good luck!

I know Thom Mackris of Galibier Design is extremely pleased pairing Atma-sphere M60's with his Ulysses.
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That was a combo I was considering when I was looking at the Ulysses. The match did not look to be ideal considering Atma-Sphere recommends 8 ohm, flat impedance loudspeakers (no dips below 6 ohms), and the Ulysses are 6 ohms nominal (I don't recall the minimum impedance spec).

Is Mackris using Speltz Zeroformers to double (or triple) the impedance?