Watts gonna happen when I run 200 Emo watts to my

afterburnt

Monitor40 Series II ?

Nightfall

They'll produce sound.

afterburnt

Just asking because thexpa3 is moving to the bedroom and that's all the speakers I have there, for now...

afterburnt

nbrowser wrote: »

I've hooked a pair of Pioneer BS22s (80 watts max input handling 6ohm nominal) to a 205 wpc at 8 ohm power amp...they survived...listening for when enough's enough is the key.

I almost bought a set of those at bestbuy when they were 20 bucks off maybe I should get some?

F1nut

Your ears will bleed.

afterburnt

that's why I keep tampoons in my kit

afterburnt

for that and bullet wounds

Nightfall

afterburnt wrote: »

that's why I keep tampoons in my kit

Bwahahaha! You should start selling them. "Emotiva Necessity Kit".

BlueFox

afterburnt wrote: »

I almost bought a set of those at bestbuy when they were 20 bucks off maybe I should get some?

I am starting to think 'a clue' would be a better purchase.

afterburnt

so now my Emo is gonna shoot me?

afterburnt

BlueFox wrote: »

afterburnt wrote: »

I almost bought a set of those at bestbuy when they were 20 bucks off maybe I should get some?

I am starting to think 'a clue' would be a better purchase.

can I buy a vowel instead?

Nightfall

This could get ugly. I'm out.

BlueFox

LOL. Good answer.

F1nut

afterburnt wrote: »

for that and bullet wounds

Rough neighborhood?

afterburnt

Yeah it's bad all over

afterburnt

BlueFox wrote: »

afterburnt wrote: »

I almost bought a set of those at bestbuy when they were 20 bucks off maybe I should get some?

I am starting to think 'a clue' would be a better purchase.

BF, if you have nothing of value to contribute just keep egging me on, you got that?

BlueFox

Well, since you are getting ugly after I complimented your previous post, I guess you need to be treated like other posters who appear to be trolling.

cnh

Maybe this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

afterburnt

BlueFox wrote: »

Well, since you are getting ugly after I complimented your previous post, I guess you need to be treated like other posters who appear to be trolling.

I was not getting ugly, I was born that way but I digress. I figured you wer kidding so I was just kidding back, you got that %^)

afterburnt

oh and thank you for the compliment, I missed that %^)

ambiophonics

Do people understand that just because an amp is rated at 200watts max that it is rarely delivering anywhere near that amount of power? My car is rated at 120mph but it does fine in a 25 zone as well, just as long as I understand how to use the gas pedal.

For fun you could always get out the multi meter and measure the peak AC voltage at the speaker terminals, square that number then divide that by the rated impedence of the speaker, now you have watts.

BlueFox

afterburnt wrote: »

oh and thank you for the compliment, I missed that %^)

My mistake. I read your post, and answered without quoting. However, Nightfall posted at the same time, so it appeared I was answering him. Sorry.

Inspector 24

afterburnt wrote: »

Monitor40 Series II ?

Pretty sure that's like dividing by zero.

audiocr381ve

ambiophonics wrote: »

Do people understand that just because an amp is rated at 200watts max that it is rarely delivering anywhere near that amount of power? My car is rated at 120mph but it does fine in a 25 zone as well, just as long as I understand how to use the gas pedal.

For fun you could always get out the multi meter and measure the peak AC voltage at the speaker terminals, square that number then divide that by the rated impedence of the speaker, now you have watts.

Not entirely true. You could easily reach 200 watts consistently and it really depends on the music and volume level. Here is a recent test done at Harbeth HQ. Scroll down to post #9.

http://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/showthread.php?2613-How-much-amplifier-power-do-I-REALLY-need

pearsall001

audiocr381ve wrote: »

ambiophonics wrote: »

Do people understand that just because an amp is rated at 200watts max that it is rarely delivering anywhere near that amount of power? My car is rated at 120mph but it does fine in a 25 zone as well, just as long as I understand how to use the gas pedal.

For fun you could always get out the multi meter and measure the peak AC voltage at the speaker terminals, square that number then divide that by the rated impedence of the speaker, now you have watts.

Not entirely true. You could easily reach 200 watts consistently and it really depends on the music and volume level. Here is a recent test done at Harbeth HQ. Scroll down to post #9.

http://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/showthread.php?2613-How-much-amplifier-power-do-I-REALLY-need

Thanks for sharing that video...a real eye opener for sure. The difference in power needed for the speakers to perform with various music scores was incredible. I'm just glad I don't have one of those flea powered tube amps, I'd be missing out on a lot.

In all fairness to the flea amp though I'm wondering if the Harbeth design requires that kind of power to perform when called upon depending on the style of music. Other speaker companies design might lend themselves to requiring less power to perform at their peak with the same music as in the video. Interesting video none the less.

tonyb

Keeping it in perspective guys, we are talking Monitor 40's here, no way 200 watts is going to be soaked up by those, at any volume level. They don't need much to get loud, but they also may present some better clarity with the amp....and some piercing highs. lol

Whats gonna happen ? Only one way to find out, hook it all up and find out for yourself.

afterburnt

So if I don't divided by zero, dont play REM, and don't play weird European techno music. I will be ok. Got it.

pearsall001

tonyb wrote: »

Keeping it in perspective guys, we are talking Monitor 40's here, no way 200 watts is going to be soaked up by those, at any volume level. They don't need much to get loud, but they also may present some better clarity with the amp....and some piercing highs. lol

Whats gonna happen ? Only one way to find out, hook it all up and find out for yourself.

Tony did you watch the video? It was about the type of music being played & not really about the speakers. The first music score they played was an electronic song (sounded pretty good by the way) not ear piercing as one would think. The song literally had those amps meters showing 500-750 watts throughout the song. Next up a string quartet (volume staying the same) peaked at 28 watts. What a huge demand difference between the two types of music as they were pointing out.

He was just trying to answer the many questions they get about how much amp ower does one need to maximize their speakers performance. There are a few variables to consider but I'd find it safe to say the more power the better. Those transients can really put a huge demand on one's amps.

tonyb

Nah Phil, I didn't. I do agree though those tough transients eat up power like crazy.

PSOVLSK

To the original question, you might be pleasantly surprised at what the Monitor 40's can do. Since I'd never heard my R50's on anything but an AVR, I was shocked at how much better they sounded when I hooked them up to an amp (can't remember which amp right now).

tonyb

No doubt any speaker can benefit from what a good amp offers, but everything has it's limits too. Amping up Monitor 40's will gain you some added clarity and dynamics but it isn't going to turn them into B&W 805's.