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RE: I'm with Mike ...

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In Reply to: RE: I'm with Mike ... posted by andyr on November 02, 2023 at 23:04:15

How many watts are you folks actually utilizing? I'm always scratching my head about this because if I run my amps at 15-20W RMS my ears are bleeding, it's just too loud. It hasn't seemed to matter whether it's the Carver ALS, AL-III, or Magnepan T-IV's, they all don't seem to need much power for comfortable listening levels in my system.

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RE: "if I run my amps at 15-20W RMS my ears are bleeding" ... - andyr 16:42:08 12/06/23 (4)
I've never known how many watts I'm actually using ... do you have meters on your power amps, that tell you 20w?

Or are you saying you use an amp specced at 20w, to drive your T-IVs?
- RE: "if I run my amps at 15-20W RMS my ears are bleeding" ... - UncleMeat 22:49:03 12/06/23 (3)
  My solid state amps have meters, tube amps don't but they are rated 75-100WPC and I never get them anywhere near their max output.
  - RE: "I never get them anywhere near their max output" ... - andyr 00:08:22 12/07/23 (2)
    That's a good thing! :-))
    
    You have plenty of 'headroom' for transients.
    - RE: "I never get them anywhere near their max output" ... - UncleMeat 00:44:26 12/07/23 (1)
      Yeah I think current is the more necessary component to getting Maggies to sing clearly. Probably why high wattage amps are more desireable, because the larger amp is more capable of delivering high current than one with smaller transformers/transistors/etc.
      - RE: "than one with smaller transformers/transistors/etc" ... - andyr 02:16:53 12/07/23 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "I never get them anywhere near their max output" ... posted by UncleMeat on December 07, 2023 at 00:44:26
        
        Correctomundi! :-))
        
        Power transformer, output transistors, output transformers in the case of a glass amp, PS diodes - and PS capacitor values - all influence the instantaneous current that the amp can deliver.

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