Hey guys,
I looked into getting an osciliscope. There are these USB ones that can use your laptop to save on the screen and that stuff. They look interesting and only about $100. However, I have no idea how to use one, but I guess I could figure out how to read some AC volts across the speaker terminals. This way I could get a more accurate measurment of peak voltage, I hope.
Al, your 100db calculation... was that for a pair of speakers, or just one? I hope it was just one so then I could add another 3db for the other speaker, also I listen about 9 feet from each speaker. I am going to hopefully audition the MB-200 mono amps from Belles to see if all that extra power does indeed matter or not. Thanks for all the replies so far. I am really enjoying trying to measure the watts used, as long as I can do it accurately.
I looked into getting an osciliscope. There are these USB ones that can use your laptop to save on the screen and that stuff. They look interesting and only about $100. However, I have no idea how to use one, but I guess I could figure out how to read some AC volts across the speaker terminals. This way I could get a more accurate measurment of peak voltage, I hope.
Al, your 100db calculation... was that for a pair of speakers, or just one? I hope it was just one so then I could add another 3db for the other speaker, also I listen about 9 feet from each speaker. I am going to hopefully audition the MB-200 mono amps from Belles to see if all that extra power does indeed matter or not. Thanks for all the replies so far. I am really enjoying trying to measure the watts used, as long as I can do it accurately.