Too much power?

The issue of power is all too often confused with current
and especially current reserves. Of course, along with this
is whether the thing sounds good. I agree with
a previous reply that quality is much more important than
quantity. There are SET amps on the market that are under
10 watts that are sonically awesome with high efficiency
speakers.

I agree with Brauser's comments i.e. "The issue of power is all too often confused with current and especially current reserves." That is why i have previously stated that one should look at how much power an amp generates at clipping into various impedances. This spec is a true test of how "powerful" an amp really is.

I also agree with Brauser here: "Of course, along with this
is whether the thing sounds good". With that point in mind, one can have all the power in the world, but if it wasn't a good match for your specific speakers and / or your listening taste, it would be a total waste.

As such, i would recommend buying something that:

1) sounds good to you at normal listening levels

2) stays "clean" at any volume that you desire to listen at

Having said that, i would not consider 94 dB speakers to be "super efficient". If you want to rock and roll an do so at high volume, you'll still need quite a bit of power to get the job done and do so cleanly. With a pair of Klipsch Heresy's that are rated at 96 dB's, i found that i was running out of steam with an SS amp that was rated for 120 wpc @ 8 ohms and another that was rated at 150 wpc @ 8 ohms. As such, i would look for an amp that was rated for at least that much power and probably a bit more. Hopefully, you'll be able to find an amp that will give you what you want in terms of sonics and spl's while staying within your budget. Sean
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Well, I went with the 2004(100 wpc). I'm in a fairly small room(18x12) so hopefully it'll be loud enough. Also, the best I've ever really heard were those speakers with an Adcom gfa-5400(125 wpc). That was plenty loud enough(in a different room though) but it lacked in the low end. Either that or the horns were too loud. I have question about ohm load. How do drop the ohm load on an amp without changing the speaker? Can't you wire the amp to speaker 1 and wire speaker 1 to speaker 2. Like in a series? Or is there another way? Thanks.

To reduce impedance, you wire two speakers in parallel. That means that each speaker has its' own set of wires running to it and each speaker will operate independently of each other. To increase impedance, one would wire the speakers in series. That means that the positive terminal of the amp feeds speaker 1 and the negative terminal of the amp feeds speaker 2. You then run a wire from the negative terminal of speaker 1 to speaker 2. If you disconnect one speaker, the other one will not work any longer.

Other than this, one can use high powered resistors to simulate the second speaker in either situation. There would really be no benefit to doing such, so don't waste your time. Sean
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Do you take the + from channel 1 of the amp to the positive of speaker 1. Then take the - from channel 2 of the amp to the negative of speaker 2. Then connect the two open terminals on the speakers together(which would be the - of speaker 1 and the + from speaker 2)? Is that how you do it? Thanks