Re: Questions About Ascend Speaker Measurements
Originally Posted by
N Boros
...So if I calculated this correctly I guess that this is not problem. I just need to get an amplifier that can cleanly put out 250 W to 300 W peaks.
Back to my original question. If our amplifier can cleanly put out 300 W peaks, is the output from the speaker still clean at those 300 Watt peaks (Note that a 105 dB peak will be very close to needing 300 Watts at 4m away.)? Or would we be hearing distortion or compression when the speaker is driven with that amount of power?
NB,
You are in the right church, right pew!!
A good amp capable of clean 300 watts\channel (from 6 to 8 ohms output) will meet your peak HT audio realism goals! I see no problem with the S2's (barring any severe room nulls or response voids) maintaining their response integrity with 105db musical peaks. On the other hand, Your Ears may start distorting (becoming fatigued\ringing) due to excessive high noise (music, sound, volume) with long term listening (105db safe "continuous" unprotected sound exposure is under 15 minutes-as per OSHA)?!
Ted
Sierra RAAL V2 Towers, Axiom EP 500 Sub, Morrow SP7 Grand Reference Speaker Cables, Phillips CD880 XLR Balanced Variable Line Output to Orchard Audio Strakrimson 375w/per ch Stereo Ultra GaNFET Amp..... (Dedicated 2.1 Acoustical Music Listening Room)!