How many watts is your Amplifier @8ohms

[Gibsonian]

Its all about the first watt anyway.According to Nelson..

Nelson has a nice idea there, but Gibson says they all matter, unless the first watt is the only one you use

 

[Hawkeye83]

Main living room - Peachtree Decco 2 (MOSFET) - 40 wpc @ 8 ohms
Office - Monarchy SM 70 (MOSFET/Class A) - 25 wpc @ 8ohms
Main system - Emotiva UPA-200 (Class A/B) - 125 wpc @ 8 ohms

No flaming if these figures aren't exact...I think that's right though...too lazy to look it up, lol.

 

[Bodyblue]

Kenwood KR 850 75 wpc @8 ohms .01 THD 20 Hz to 20 kHz

Kenwood KR 4600 30 wpc @ 8 ohms .5 THD 20 Hz to 50 kHz

Sony HT 100 wpc

I use Polk TSx 110s (90db) for both of the vintage systems and am 100% happy.

 

[Rex Aeterna]

Crown micro-tech 1000 - 250wpc@8ohms

Carver PM600- 200wpc@8ohms

Crown XTI 4002 - 650wpc@8ohms

Carver TFM24 - 225wpc@8ohms

Crown XLS 2502 - 440wpc@ohms.

 

[Kev_rat]

Adequate

2ch
System A - Krell FBP-600
System B - NAD-218 X2 bridged
Spare - home built Pass F5

 

[OnTheBlitz]

Should I close the pole?

 

[darkblue94]

Should I close the pole?

No O.T.B. leave the pole up, we're hoping for a stripper to come along and dance for us. You can go ahead and close the poll though.

 

[OnTheBlitz]

No O.T.B. leave the pole up, we're hoping for a stripper to come along and dance for us. You can go ahead and close the poll though.

Can always count on you brother to make me laugh!

 

[Frank Sol]

Currently 8w but more like 4-5

 

[4-2-7]

Should I close the pole?

How about a poll thread to see if you should lock this poll thread?

 

[OnTheBlitz]

How about a poll thread to see if you should lock this poll thread?

had not thought of that

 

[musichal]

Since it's serving no real purpose anymore, I think you should leave it open to float where it will. 'Cause that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it.

 

[JayBlok]

Currently sporting an AB Precedent 900A Power Amplifier : 350wpc @ 8 ohms

 

[HowlerMonkey]

I run a tri-amp system where each speaker gets 90W (3 x 30W) … The next system I am building will run 60W per driver for 180W per speaker

 

[IPADave]

Did someone mention strippers?

 

[432HzBob]

Only 105.
But I got it for its 160 @ 4 Ohm that the Infinities really seem to enjoy.

 

[sberger]

McIntosh 4100 receiver. I use it with 4 ohm speakers(AR3) where it pushes out at least 100 watts .

The Mac has since been replaced. I now split duty with this(about 22-25 watts)

And this, about 35 watts

 

[mjw21a]

15WPC JLH 1969 Hood integrated
45WPC Oldchen KT88-K3 integrated
80WPC Tascam PA-R100 AVR
100WPC Quad 405 copy power amp
140WPC darTZeel NHB-108B copy power amp

I won't bother listing the various little S.M.S.L class d amps. Only the AD18 see's any kind of regular use.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Let's see, they are: 4, 17, 18, 20, 30, 50, 125, 140, 180

My system used to be in a much larger room, 600sf. Now I've downsized to 230sf. And I sit closer, only 6' now. Between this and listening at a bit lower volumes, I find that I can run on much less power.

 

[PastorTube]

Questions on power. I had a CJ MV75 75 Watts per channel. I had a dynaco st-70 35 Watts per channel. Now I have a Single ended ultralinear amp (diy with modifications) using 1 6550 per channel. I get around 9 watts measured using an 8 ohm dummy load. I can’t even max out the amp when my speakers are connected.

I understand the idea that higher power amps have more “headroom” for transients. But my 9watt amp appears to be more than enough. My speakers are very effiectient 98db


Help me understand why / how lower power amps can sound better than higher power amps. I have heard this with low power 300b amps as well.