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- From: ptg2351@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Panos Tamamidis )
- Subject: Re: Define "Headroom"
- References: <1992Dec29.134904.350@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> <5775@gold.gvg.tek.com> <1993Jan1.144834.24253@bilver.uucp>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 02:26:38 GMT
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- bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
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- >>There has been a lot of discussion on "do I really need a 200 watt amp"
- >>I have seen responses like " a (""better sounding") 100 watt amp can
- >>sound better than a 200 watt amp.
-
- >When you do the math properly, it sometimes comes out to be
- >cheaper to buy more efficient speakers than buy the amount of
- >power you need.
-
- Quite correct. Problem is that most of the good speakers produce around 86dB.
- Of course, you can always buy Cerwin-Vega speakers; with an efficiency of
- 100dB you could play really lound even with a K-Mart receiver.
-
- >--
- >Bill Vermillion - bill@bilver.oau.org bill@bilver.uucp
- > - ..!{peora|tous|tarpit}!bilver!bill
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- Panos
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