said:

"What's wrong with a 120/120-watt amplifier?"


Obviously, that's not enough for you ;-)


They're bridgeable. So maybe it won't be 500 watts, but still enough to
avoid clipping and fine for a sub.


I know, I was teasing you a little.

But I still wonder why I never felt the need for more than 20 V rms at
the speaker's terminals, that is incredibly loud to me.
And my speakers don't have average sensitivity, they're only 84 dB/w/m
(2.83V) per channel.
Granted, there are 2 in parallel on each channel, which would make a
total of 87 dB/w/m per channel.

--

"Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes."
- Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005

"Sander deWaal" wrote in message
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said:

"What's wrong with a 120/120-watt amplifier?"


Obviously, that's not enough for you ;-)


They're bridgeable. So maybe it won't be 500 watts, but still enough to
avoid clipping and fine for a sub.


I know, I was teasing you a little.

But I still wonder why I never felt the need for more than 20 V rms at
the speaker's terminals, that is incredibly loud to me.

Loud is where clipping happens. If you're happy, fine. For me I like
knowing with certainty that I won't ever have to worry about any transients
being clipped. As Stewart mentioned B&W changed out one of their amps
because of audible clipping. If I can get enough power that allows me to
not have that worry at an extremely affordable price, why not? I don't have
to play it any louder, but as it now, it never seems oppressively loud to me
the way many concerts do.

And my speakers don't have average sensitivity, they're only 84 dB/w/m
(2.83V) per channel.

Mine are 86 dBw/m, but that's not the issue.

Granted, there are 2 in parallel on each channel, which would make a
total of 87 dB/w/m per channel.

The simple fact is that it's very hard to have to much power as loing as you
don't overdrive the speakers and tranisents can require massive amounts of
power if only for a fraction of second.
Perhaps that's why some people think SS sounds bad to them., they are
hearing clipping.