You are only using 10-15 watts at your sound pressure levels. The problem you may have is bottoming out woofers at higher levels with the more powerful amp. Sometimes the smaller amp will play louder without bottoming out and the fact remains the smaller amplifier is usually better sounding.
Speaker power handling
I'm currently demoing some Dynaudio Focus 140 speakers rated at 200 watts rms/iec @ 4ohms.
With my older PSE amp rated at 195 w@ 4ohms the sound is good.
Now my concern is to try my Classe CA400 that is rated at 800w @4ohms without having an expensive repair bill. I do at times listen at higher volume settings with peaks around 95+db.
Should I resist temptations trying the Classe?
With my older PSE amp rated at 195 w@ 4ohms the sound is good.
Now my concern is to try my Classe CA400 that is rated at 800w @4ohms without having an expensive repair bill. I do at times listen at higher volume settings with peaks around 95+db.
Should I resist temptations trying the Classe?
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Athough the Dynaudios have some of the best drivers in the industry the Focus 140 is a midget of a speaker. I'd recommend larger speakers if you want to play loud. I'd also question your logic of having so much invested in amplification and the intention to invest relatively little in new speakers. Those little midgets are unlikely to do anything close to realistic bass sound. See this plot from Stereophile You can see they have a huge hump around 80HZ and port noise/distortion in the lower midrange (red curve) |
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