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More speaker or more power

I like to have some sugesstions, Have Von Schweikerts VR-4jr's MK1, I running 120wpc ss,Primare amp,preamp very good sound, but when played very loud, as sometimes I do, Im running out of power with this system. Want a greater impact,small rm, long wall setup, Tweaked up, Have had prior, 801 series III,Krell Mono blocks in a bigger Rm Ocourse so I know what a track could sound Like, some help in suggestions, More speaker or more amp.Need greater SPL.....
pepp111
cmk
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More speaker or not is a question of your room size and acoustics. Generally higher efficiency is a good/better thing in order to get high SPLs easily with moderate power.

However, if you like your speakers, I would instead recommend you consider the Sanders ESL stereo block. It is a terrific amp which can go loud with great control and lots of reserve. IMO this amp is greatly under-rated.
audiokinesis
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If you want a large increase in headroom, more efficient speakers is probably the way to go.

Let's say you'd like 6 dB more headroom. You can get that from a fourfold increase in amplifier power, or by going from 86 dB speakers to 92 dB speakers. Not only is the latter probably more cost-effective, but I strongly suspect the VR-4's would exhibit serious thermal compression at peak input power up near 500 watts. So you'll also get better dynamic contrast with the higher efficiency speakers.

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jaybo
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