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- From: eric0139@student.tc.umn.edu (Grant M. Erickson)
- Subject: Re: Watts/channel question (Was: Sony ES vs. Sony A/V receivers)
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- References: <eric0139-171292195104@dialup-slip-1-26.gw.umn.edu> <1992Dec26.061858.1039@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:03:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.061858.1039@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>,
- billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) wrote:
- >
- > 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
-
- Last weekend, I did just that. Swapped both pairs of speakers between the
- two receivers. The Polks did fine with the Marantz, and the Marantz
- speakers clipped just as did the Polks.
-
- So, I'd say that the Marantz has more headroom.
-
- ._____________________________________________________________________.
- | Grant Erickson |
- | eric0139@student.tc.umn.edu University of Minnesota/Minneapolis |
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