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Is it to much power?

I'm thinking of buying some new amps and i like the line from Pass labs.I like the x600 monos the best.My question is if a speaker is rated for 30 to 200 watts can a 600watt set of mono blocks be bad for these speakers??The speakers are Artemis EOs sig/Large bass modules.They say these speakers are capable of playing at really loud levels.I Dont really listen to my music that its hurting my ears but i dont listen at wisper levels either.
spaz
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kr4
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Those are marvelous speakers and the Pass amps should be just fine, although I have not heard them with those amps.
aball
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If the X600 monos strike your fancy, by all means go for them. There are zillions of amplifier options out there so why not choose the ones you most desire? They won't be too much power for your Artemis unless you try to clip your amps but I doubt you will do that.

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unclejeff
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Getting an amp that can deliver more than what your speaker's manual requires is not, in itself a problem. If anything, an amp running at something less than capacity will probably sound better. Not your case, but this is a given with tube amps.

Warning: watch out for those really rare(?) moments when your volume is turned at full...don't know why, but this just sometimes....happens.

Too much of anything can hurt, especially the tweeters.
phd
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I would prefer to slightly underpower speakers than overpower them. I have heard amps that overdrive speakers by sheer current delivery & the results in terms of sound quality was horrible! Speakers can be rated let's say at 200 watts but can handle 500 watt peaks (pay attention to this spec) & would probably be fine using a 300 to 400 watt per channel amp.
gregm
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I would prefer to slightly underpower speakers than overpower them
If you mean, operate the speakers slightly below their spec'd limits (~100W?) -- agreed.
If, OTOH, you mean not having enough amplification power to meet these spec'd limits -- don't do it! Clipping can damage the drive units!

The idea being that, even if the amplifier's energy output exceeds the speakers', one probably won't play loud enough to reach thermal limits; with an underpowered amp, you can easily hit clipping!
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