In Reply to: Hey Martin419, how much amplifier power do you think I really need? posted by Christine Tham on September 11, 2005 at 05:50:03:
Indeed, the jist of your post closely mirrors some of the copy Musical Fidelity is using to sell their new line of amps. Specifically (about the A5):"In our opinion almost all hi-fi amplifiers available are grossly underpowered. With speakers of anything less than 95dB efficiency it is a fact that amplifiers with less than 200 wpc are clipping (and that means distortion and non-linearities) frequently."
The above from their website.
I tend to agree with this approach. When specifying power amps for PA systems, headroom is VERY important. In audio, too much is always better than too little.
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- Interesting post... - SF tech 10:18:59 09/11/05 (2)
- What an amazing coincidence! - Christine Tham 14:35:43 09/11/05 (1)
- Oops, sorry, attached wrong article - Christine Tham 14:38:08 09/11/05 (0)