How many watts per channel do you listen with?
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How many watts per channel do you listen with on your main/most popular 2ch system?
How many watts per channel do you listen with? 106 votes
1-20 wpc
8%
9 votes
20-50 wpc
2%
3 votes
50-100 wpc
10%
11 votes
100-150 wpc
16%
17 votes
150-200 wpc
10%
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11 votes
200-300 wpc
24%
26 votes
300+ wpc
27%
29 votes
Comments
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300+ wpcI have had various power levels over the years, and enjoyed them all. My current system is 1200/w per channel, and I am completely satisfied now. However, when I was first getting used to it I broke both speakers (Magico S5 v1) at the time. Now I never come close to doing that again.
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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100-150 wpcMy NAD c370's specs;
Output power: 120Wpc (20.8dBW), continuous average power into 8 ohms, both channels driven. IHF dynamic headroom into 8 ohms: 3dB. IHF dynamic power (8, 4, 2 ohms): 210W, 340W, 450W. Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz, ±0.3dB. THD: 0.03%. S/N Ratio (A-weighted, ref. 1W): 94dB. Damping factor (ref. 8 ohm 1kHz): >150. Preamp output impedance: 100 ohms. Headphone output impedance: 220 ohms.
Dimensions: 17 1/8" W by 5 ¼" H by 13 13/16" D. Weight: 26.5 lbs.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
300+ wpcI put down 300+ but that's not my amplifier's rating. That is actually only 210 @ 4 ohms. But, I have two direct servo subs that are both 800 watts RMS. So, I guess around an available 1,800 watts and high current.
With that said, I have had systems that were well over 3K watts and some down to 8 watts. I had a lot of fun with that 8 watt rig and the one thing I have learned in my travels is that watts really don't mean a hill of beans. It really doesn't equate to much to me but that's what the "public" usually goes off of.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
150-200 wpcdo you mean the total watts of the amp or how much of that total we use most of the time?Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
Puritan PSM156 -
100-150 wpcWhatever your amp is rated at into 8ohms.
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100-150 wpcIt really doesn't equate to much to me but that's what the "public" usually goes off of.
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50-100 wpcI have an Adcom GFA 535ll that I believe is rated at 60wpc? I have read that it tests higher but who knows, I never push the 2Bs that hard anyway.So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?
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300+ wpcWhatever your amp is rated at into 8ohms.
My answer was based on how it is rated at 4 ohms, which is the speaker rating. At 8 ohms it is 600/w per channel.
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits. -
300+ wpc800 wpc @ 8ohms. I typically listen at lower volumes, but appreciate the improved dynamics and presence of high current amplifiers.
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200-300 wpcWith one pair of Amps, 50 WPC Tube. With another Amp 250 SS.
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300+ wpcMy Aragon is rated 200@8 ohm 400@4 ohm and doubles down to very low ohms. My 2.3tls sit at about 4 ohms and drop a little lower.
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50-100 wpcMy Dayens 100 watt monoblocks are in my 2 channel but my surround system is 250, 275, and, 150
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200-300 wpcParasound rated at 250 @ 8 ohms if that means anything . Others @ 200 @ 8 ohms and 100 @ 8 ohms and a couple @ 120 @ 8ohms.Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin
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300+ wpcI have four 2 channel rigs, one is 500+, one is 8, one is 100 and the last is 45 or so.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 -
200-300 wpc250 @ 8 bedroom Parasound A21 , SDA 1c’s
200 @8 pool B&K ex442 , Boston acoustic voyager 7
140 @ 8 den ps audio s300 , Salk SCST
BkPS Audio S300 , WiiM Ultra , Yamaha wxc-50 , Salk SuperCharged Songtowers , Kimber Kable 4TC, Sony 42” - BEDROOM
B&K EX-442 ( it will go in my casket when I die ... ) , PS Audio 4.6 preamp ( old school , but it still jams on ... ) , Eversolo DMP-A6 , Boston Acoustic voyager 7’s - POOL
Parasound A21, Eversolo DMP-A8 , Kimber Kable 4vs , Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Towers , Sony XBR-A8F 65” OLED - DEN , MAIN system
Onkyo TX-nr609 , Polk atrium 7 , Boston acoustic sound ware (4) , Boston acoustic sub , B&W center , Sharp 65” TV - PATIO -
Not sure how to answer this. 600 wpc with dual 600 watt subs but never get close to max.2 Channel Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II, 2 REL Carbon Limited, Norma Revo IPA-140B, Lumin U2 Mini, VPI Prime w/SoundSmith Zephyr MIMC, Modwright PH 150, Denon DP-59l w/Denon DL-301MKII, WAY Silver 3 Ana+ Speaker Cables, WAY Silver 4+ Interconnect Cables, AudioQuest Niagara 7000 w/Dragon and Hurricane Power Cables
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100-150 wpcParasound A23 @ 125
Yamaha A-S501 @ 85
Living Room
Parasound HINT 6, Yamaha Aventage RX-A 1060, Oppo 103D, Cambridge Audio Azur 851N, KLH Model 5s, Polk CSi A6, Samsung 65" LED
Office
Yamaha A-S501, Auralic Aries Mini, LSiM 703s
Douglas Connection ICs and Cables -
50-100 wpcI mean my 2 channel rig is 100wpc tube monoblocks.
And there are 2 400+ watt subs in there too.
Then my living room system is 35wpc tube stereo and 1 400+ watt sub there.
The bedroom is 50wpc SS.
The garage is 100wpc SS and also feeds the deck 100wpc SS.
There is a 900 watt sub amp in the garage.
The bar is ~65wpc SS and a 3000 watt sub amp. (There is also a set of 4 speakers in the ceiling aside from the surround system and they are powered by a 1000 watt pro amp).
And then there is the theater...the theater at 4 ohms which is what the majority of the speakers are running is somewhere north of ~35,000 watts capability all in. The majority is pro amps but they are accurately rated class D pro amps (front 3 and wides will be running off a 650wpc class A/B amp).
Not trying to swing my dick around...just been putting together a lot of power for the theater over the years. LOL."Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip -
100-150 wpcMy Parasound:
125 watts RMS x 2, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 8 Ω, both channels driven
I haven't ran it out of steam yet, so its a keeper.2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)
Standby: LSi9s with VR3's Fortress mods -
1-20 wpcMy NAD is rated at 85 WPC into 8 ohms, but my Martin Logans are 4-ohm speakers and the NAD's 4-ohm rating is 150 watts. I put down the 8-ohm rating. I also sometimes use an Optonica SA-5105 receiver rated at 15wpc into 8, and I think 25wpc into 4 ohms? I can't quite remember. Both sound great.
Now, the watts I use of that power? Given my speakers' sensitivity at 92DB, and my tendency to listen well below that even when no one else is home, <1 watt.
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I listen to all the watts but only some of the ohms.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you! -
100-150 wpcOutlaw 5000 HT amp - 160wpc @ 8ohm two channels driven.
Onkyo A-9150 Integrated 30wpc @ 8ohm. Bookies in family room.Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant -
100-150 wpcI think people would be shocked on how little power we use on a day to day basis. In a full 7 9 or what have you surround system, you might be using 10-30 watts per channel under normal conditions and peak for seconds at a time to 100-200 watts per channel.Dan
My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time. -
50-100 wpcOh, I got a 70w (soon to be 250w) system, a 330w system and, a 125w system also.
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With the adv 6 ohm load 1 amp at 400+ 2nd amp 300+ my speakers can dip to2 maybe less ohm on occasion.Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable -
1-20 wpcI think people would be shocked on how little power we use on a day to day basis. In a full 7 9 or what have you surround system, you might be using 10-30 watts per channel under normal conditions and peak for seconds at a time to 100-200 watts per channel.
Not those of us who choose to live fleapowered.
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I bet my 2 amps never get out of class A operation except for milisecs at a time. Unless I get a little too twisty with my right hand. But adv listening levels prob less than a few watts. But when a note wants power ...they have it!Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable -
200-300 wpcB&K 4420 Reference 225 wpc.Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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300+ wpc2 channel – 400 watts plus 2 - 800 watt subs
HT – approx.. 5000 watts
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Ethernet Filter: GigaFOILv4 with Keces P3 LPS
Source: Roon via ethernet to DAC interface
DAC: Bricasti M1SE
Pre/Pro: Marantz AV8805
Tube Preamp Buffer: Tortuga TPB.V1
Amp1: Nord One NC1200DM Signature, Amp2: W4S MC-5, AMP3: W4S MMC-7
Front: Salk SoundScape 8's, Center: Salk SoundScape C7
Surround: Polk FXIA6, Surround Back: Polk RTIA9, Atmos: Polk 70-RT
Subs: 2 - Rythmik F25's
IC & Speaker Cables: Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, Signal Cable
Power Cables: Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, PS Audio
Room Treatments: GIK Acoustics -
300+ wpcHT – approx.. 5000 watts
Jesus I had no idea BINFORD made an amplifier ...
