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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Watts/channel question (Was: Sony ES vs. Sony A/V receivers)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.061858.1039@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <eric0139-171292195104@dialup-slip-1-26.gw.umn.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:18:58 GMT
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- eric0139@student.tc.umn.edu (Grant Erickson) writes:
- :
- : My parents purchased a Sony GXR-47ES A/V Receiver (much to my dismay) last
- : fall, and it boasts only 35 or 40W per channel. It is driving one pair of
- : Polk RTA-8L's.
- :
- : With the volume control at ANYTHING near half, it will clip with reckless
- : abandon. So, if this is indicative of the entire ES receiver line, I'd make
- : sure you get a receiver with a HIGH power rating.
- :
- : Just for contrast, downstairs, they have a 1978 Marantz 65W/ch receiver
- : driving two Marantz Mk VII speakers. I have thrown everything I possibly
- : can at that receiver and those speakers, and they still sound great, never
- : distorts before my ears hurt and has never clipped once.
-
- Not really a valid comparison. You are driving two different sets of
- speakers - which do not have the same efficiency. For a more valid
- test, you would have to take the Marantz speakers, and drive them with
- the Sony Receiver. If they clip also, then you can say that the Marantz
- has a lot more headroom.
-
- Bill
-