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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
gregm
3,406 posts
 
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!
satch
329 posts
 
If you want the x600's and you can afford them, buy them. If you crank up the volume and something starts to distort, turn them down. But I'll imagine your ears will protest before your speakers do. Or the neighbours.....
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jmcgrogan2
6,346 posts
 
No, it's not too much power.
fatparrot
1,314 posts
 
When powered by transistors, I used to always make sure that my amps were rated to at least the speakers maximum RMS [not peak!] power rating.

When it comes to tube power, I try to get the power mid-way, say a speaker rated at 40- 100 watts RMS, I will try to keep the amp power midway [60-75 watts].

And with horn speakers or extremely high efficient speakers, more power is NOT more desirable!
spaz OP
105 posts
 
Thanks for all the comments.i'm going to have to make my mind up on what i'm going to do..As for the pass amps i heard them some time back and the sounded very uncolored plus they are beautiful looking amps.
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