I am building a new house and I will be having a large great room ( 25x28). I love music and and I love to hear all the different instruments clearly. I don't need a heavy bass. I am also not going to be playing music at real loud levels. I like wide dispersion speakers. I have been looking at integrated amps from Krell, Classe, Pass, Macintosh, ATI. Any advice? Sound quality is really important to me. Whatever I buy will last a lifetime. The reason I am thinking about integrated is that I like the idea of AMP/Pre-Amp in one box. Any input is appreciated.
It seems to me that the Totem Hawk would be to small for a 25x28 room. With your stated criteria, "sound quality is really important to me", I suggest you first find a speaker that is well matched for your size room. Then find an amp that will work with the speakers.
Speakers at 92db/1w/1m that would be a max of 108db or so at 50w/1m
I’m using a 300b set that’s 8wpc with speakers that are 102db so that gets me about 111db. Previously I was using 2a3 amps that are 3.5wpc and the added power did make a pretty significant difference.
I rarely listen to anything louder than 95db at the listening position though. Louder than that just hurts. I couldn’t imagine what I’d do w/ 50wpc
I'm a HUGE fan of extremely high efficiency speakers, but the catch is that they require a gigantic room to shine.
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