External Amp for FXiA6
Hi,
I am buying an Emotiva XPA-5 amp which will provide 200W @ 8 ohm per channel. I have CSiA6, RTiA5, and FXiA6 speakers. All speakers except the FXiA6 will support the 200W, but the FXiA6 says recommended power of 150W. Is it going to hurt the speakers if they are provided 200W?
Thanks in advance.
I am buying an Emotiva XPA-5 amp which will provide 200W @ 8 ohm per channel. I have CSiA6, RTiA5, and FXiA6 speakers. All speakers except the FXiA6 will support the 200W, but the FXiA6 says recommended power of 150W. Is it going to hurt the speakers if they are provided 200W?
Thanks in advance.
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You'll be fine. Speakers are normally damaged by overdriving them with too little power, not too much power. just don't go crazy with the volume knob...
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Perfect. Thanks for the reply!
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Hope you bought ear plugs.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Indeed. I've had the speakers for a little over a year now, but didn't realize they weren't really getting much power to actually perform like they can. I got fooled by the "2 channels driven" receiver lingo. Denon AVR-X4000 - great receiver, but on my rough calculations I think they're only getting like 40-50w per channel with all 5 channels going. Excited to see what this amp will do for me.
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You should be fine for HT use. If you want music look for something else to drive your mains.
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Indeed. I've had the speakers for a little over a year now, but didn't realize they weren't really getting much power to actually perform like they can. I got fooled by the "2 channels driven" receiver lingo. Denon AVR-X4000 - great receiver, but on my rough calculations I think they're only getting like 40-50w per channel with all 5 channels going. Excited to see what this amp will do for me.
Nope. You'll find out what I meant shortly.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Indeed. I've had the speakers for a little over a year now, but didn't realize they weren't really getting much power to actually perform like they can. I got fooled by the "2 channels driven" receiver lingo. Denon AVR-X4000 - great receiver, but on my rough calculations I think they're only getting like 40-50w per channel with all 5 channels going. Excited to see what this amp will do for me.
Nope. You'll find out what I meant shortly.
I guess I'm not following! I'll be hooking it up on Tuesday and I'll find out then. -
What he means is....the RTI speakers are a forward sounding speaker, a tad bright on the top end. The Emo amp can also be a tad bright on the upper frequencies, resulting is some listening fatigue.
BTW....when you turn on an amp, any amp, it doesn't automatically throw 200 watts to the speakers.HT SYSTEM-
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Gotcha - thanks. I'm an audio newbie other than doing the research I can and buying what seem to be and I hope are great products for my budget. Hopefully Audyssey will take care of some of the calibrations for me on those speakers and I'll adjust the rears accordingly after. And I think I understood that - just that it will provide up to 200W per speaker as required, but not always run at 200W. Thanks again everyone.
