Low wattage Sansui 441 paired with ADS-L520
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likebike23
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Yeah, just don't expect it to crank like a 100 watt per channel amp. Don't push the volume too much or you can potentially damage the tweeters. Google "amp clipping and speakers" and read up.
I looked up the service manual for the 441. It is rated only for 8 ohm speakers and uses an STK module for amplification. Those ADS are rated at 6 ohms nominal.
Those STK modules can sound fine however they are somewhat prone to blowing, particularly when pushing speakers rated lower than 8 ohms. That is your problem, not the 11 watts.
Best news is, provided you don't drive the amp to clipping, those modules are likely to blow without hurting the speakers and you just need to find another receiver. This is based on my personal experience driving 20 watt minimum 6 ohm rated speakers with a 35 watt STK module based receiver.
Those STK modules can sound fine however they are somewhat prone to blowing, particularly when pushing speakers rated lower than 8 ohms. That is your problem, not the 11 watts.
Best news is, provided you don't drive the amp to clipping, those modules are likely to blow without hurting the speakers and you just need to find another receiver. This is based on my personal experience driving 20 watt minimum 6 ohm rated speakers with a 35 watt STK module based receiver.
Well, those ADS are higher in the pecking order than the 441. If you're looking for more power on the cheap side pre-hdmi AVRs can often be found at rock bottom prices. A lot of these are rated to 6 ohm loads though many may not have a phono input, if that's important to you. They also tend to be large if space is an issue.
Cylontymany
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I have the 551 just get some 8ohm high efficient (sensitivity) speakers. Say at least 90db and above should work great.
Not in particular. Just see what's available and check what you can find out about it. As long as it's not bottom of the line any of the significant brands should be ok.
Speakers as good as the OP already has may be much harder to find at a reasonable price than power enough for the ADS.
ODL
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My speakers are 92 sensitivity at 6 ohms
Dan13105
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If you like to listen loud, it will be harder to find a vintage receiver capable of driving those for a bargain. My first set up was a Samsung SS-3500 rated at 45W and Polk Monitor 70 towers at 90db efficiency and 8 ohms. The receiver would never clip, but would get hot and shut down. I think the temperature was causing increasing DC offset to trip the protect relay. I usually listen at 80-85db. I picked up my Pioneer SA-1480 to better drive low efficiency speakers. It isn't silver face, but it is 80s vintage, sounds good, is 130W a channel, and was picked up for only $40. If you aren't attached to the silver face look, I'd look at some of the 80s stuff.
Dan13105
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The only thing I would caution on the Yamaha RX-V line, is my Yamaha RX-V1400 (at least when using the included phono preamp) didn't sound very good to me. That is what actually caused me to look into vintage stereos. It's possible something is wrong with my Yamaha, or maybe the phono pre just isn't very good. Might have been fine with an external phono preamp. Not knocking Yamaha at all otherwise, My home theater receivers have all been Yamahas, and have been great
