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Watts - Volts and Resistance

Hi,

I got a Fisher 514 Receiver for next to nothing, it's those Quad type of receivers. I haven't been able to get any ''free'' info on the net about it, I would only want to know how mant WPC this monster delivers.
This is what I read in the back of the unit:

535 watts / 675 VA / 4 ohm Max.

Can somebody tell me the max power output with and 8 ohm load ?

Thanks,
foxtrot
herman
2,259 posts
 
El, I agree with your logic but how did you get 133 is 50% of 535?

The 40% of volume is misleading as most receivers of that ilk are going full blast well before the volume control is at 100%. It was a marketing trick to make you think it can play louder than it really can.

Foxtrot, If you are hokking up recievers you may want to see a doctor :>)
foxtrot OP
211 posts
 
I got this piece for 10 bucks what harm could it make, and it looks as if it's just got out of the factory.
I just hooked it up to a spare pair of sepakers I have, it's not intended for critical listening or anything like it, I think it's future is more decorative than musical. An yes, I can use only two channels if I want to.

Rgds.
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Herman...Whoops...I divided by 4 instead of 2. (Confused by the quad thing). So it's about sixty watts into 4 ohms, and maybe 40 watts into 8 ohms.
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