Sophia Electric 845 - Any heard it?

Bob, what speakers are you driving? Mine are Merlins with an efficiency of 89. How do you think they would do? My room is 18X26X8. Thanks.

I am not familuar with your speakers. Merlin's web site says the impedence of your speakers does not drop down below 6.5 ohms, that being said you should have no trouble driving them. The impedence swing is more important than the sensitivty in most cases. This amp puts out about 22-25 watts. With your speakers efficiency of 89 you will get about 101-103db (pretty load) out of your speakers at 25 watts (doubling the wattage will give you about 3db of gain 1 watt=89, 2 watts=92, 4 watts=95 etc.).

The speakers I am using are Coincident Victory's. The efficiency of them is 97db with a nominal ohm load of 14 not dipping below 10ohms. I hope that helps.......Bob

Bob, Thanks a lot for looking up the Merlin info.. I really appreciate it. It seems that they would work. However, I would think that for dynamic passages of music they might run out of steam. It doesn't seem like there would be much of a reserve for those short term peaks.

You are very welcome. Good luck with your search..........Bob

Brooks, aren't you in Illinois? I have a pair of the Sophia's you could borrow.