Electricity Usage

gsdvip

I hear a lot here about the LSi series being outstanding speakers if they have the right amplifier to drive them. My question is, does an outstanding HT system, also used for music result in an enormous electric bill? I just want to know if a great system would end up costing me $100/month more in electricity just to power it. I know that the Outlaw Mono amps are good to power speakers, but don't know how well they work with the LSi series. They use about 600W each.

I will eventually upgrade, but want to see the feasibility to make sure I can afford it in the long run.

madmax

I've gone through long periods of playing music for maybe 5 hours per day and other periods not listening at all. I've never noticed any difference although I'm sure there is some. Nothing as dramatic as $100 per month. I'm thinking back to when I used to really power stuff up.
madmax

unc2701

Figure that the wattage in electricity is 4x what you're putting out into your speakers at 8ohms (per channel). You'll rarely put more than 15 watts into 90db speakers, so that's 60 watts. So 4 hours a day for 30 days= 7.2 kwh per channel... I pay $0.08 per kwh so that's about 60 cents per channel per month.

My 5 channel bryston 9b has a max consumption of about 2200 watts, so even if I ran it full tilt for 4 hours a day, 30 days, it'd still only be $18.50...