dave weil wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:34:39 -0400, Howard Ferstler
wrote:

dave weil wrote:

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:54:48 -0400, Howard Ferstler
wrote:

At 102 dB? Yoiks. We are talking about music degradation of
an extreme nature when ear plugs must be worn during a
performance.

I take it then that your system at home never hits 102 dB. Good for
you, Howard.

Generally, 100 dB peaks are tops, and then only with action
movies. Never with music, even pop stuff.

Ten you very likely never listen to orchestral music at lifelike
volumes.

Sure, live orchestral ensembles can get louder than that.
However, in small listening rooms SPLs at live-music levels
are more obnoxious than they would be in larger spaces. I
suggest you get a good SPL meter and monitor just how loud
the orchestral peaks are when you listen at home.

Ironically, this
means that I probably have four times the total system amp
power I need.

Yep - that's money that could have been spent on software.

(the Ferstler Imperative)

High power is cheap, and anyway, I got a great deal on the
gear. If my big, 23-year-old Carver M500 finally craps out I
will revert to using just the amps in my Yamaha RX-Z1
receiver. As it is, I use its two main amps to power that
custom-built center speaker and use the Carver to power the
mains.

Howard Ferstler