6.5 Speakers with good bass?
#61
05-10-2016, 07:34 PM
Ultimate HDF Member
1.8 is a good number. Here is one excerpt from Harmon Kardon that explains the number:
If you are mainly doing light dance music or voice, we recommend that the amplifier power be 1.6 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. If you are doing heavy metal/grunge, try 2.5 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. The amplifier power must be rated for the impedance of the loudspeaker (2, 4, 8 or 16 ohms).
Here's an example. Suppose the impedance of your speaker is 4 ohms, and its Continuous Power Handling is 100 W. If you are playing light dance music, the amplifier's 4-ohm power should be 1.6 x 100 W or 160 W continuous per channel. To handle heavy metal/grunge, the amplifier's 4-ohm power should be 2.5 x 100 W or 250 W continuous per channel.
If you use much more power, you are likely to damage the speaker by forcing the speaker cone to its limits. If you use much less power, you'll probably turn up the amp until it clips, trying to make the speaker loud enough. Clipping can damage speakers due to overheating. So stay with 1.6 to 2.5 times the speaker's continuous power rating.
Bottom line: 1.6 to 2.5 is a good range.
If you are mainly doing light dance music or voice, we recommend that the amplifier power be 1.6 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. If you are doing heavy metal/grunge, try 2.5 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. The amplifier power must be rated for the impedance of the loudspeaker (2, 4, 8 or 16 ohms).
Here's an example. Suppose the impedance of your speaker is 4 ohms, and its Continuous Power Handling is 100 W. If you are playing light dance music, the amplifier's 4-ohm power should be 1.6 x 100 W or 160 W continuous per channel. To handle heavy metal/grunge, the amplifier's 4-ohm power should be 2.5 x 100 W or 250 W continuous per channel.
If you use much more power, you are likely to damage the speaker by forcing the speaker cone to its limits. If you use much less power, you'll probably turn up the amp until it clips, trying to make the speaker loud enough. Clipping can damage speakers due to overheating. So stay with 1.6 to 2.5 times the speaker's continuous power rating.
Bottom line: 1.6 to 2.5 is a good range.
#62
05-10-2016, 07:53 PM
... Here is one excerpt from Harmon Kardon that explains the number:
If you are mainly doing light dance music or voice, we recommend that the amplifier power be 1.6 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. If you are doing heavy metal/grunge, try 2.5 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. The amplifier power must be rated for the impedance of the loudspeaker (2, 4, 8 or 16 ohms).
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If you are mainly doing light dance music or voice, we recommend that the amplifier power be 1.6 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. If you are doing heavy metal/grunge, try 2.5 times the Continuous Power rating per channel. The amplifier power must be rated for the impedance of the loudspeaker (2, 4, 8 or 16 ohms).
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#63
05-10-2016, 07:59 PM
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05-10-2016, 09:27 PM
#68
05-11-2016, 08:20 AM
I haven't tried the 7.1Pros but if Haze said they are right up there with the Focal KRC's (which I do have) then they are well worth it. The KRC's are $1000 MSRP. The Sensitivity rating of both speakers are very close. But the RMS rating for the Pros is 170 and the KRC is 80. The pros can take a lot more power and from what I have heard they perform much better with more power.
Last edited by Bertk; 05-11-2016 at 09:30 AM.
#69
05-11-2016, 09:21 AM
I haven't tried the 7.1Pros but if Haze said they are right up there with the Focal KRC's (which I do have) then they are well worth it. The KRC's are $1000 MSRP. The Sensitivity rating of both speakers are very close. But the RMS rating for the Pros is 170 and the KRS is 80. The pros can take a lot more power and from what I have heard they perform much better with more power.
