Bear with me:
In an attempt to ascertain how many people have more output power than their speakers can handle or less, I propose a poll whereby you do the following calculation on your system:

Divide your output RMS by the Speaker RMS

So, my NAD3020 and my OD-11 Sonabs give an answer of (NAd=20W, Sonab=35w) 20/35 = 0.57
Then multiply by 100 to get a percentage ie 57%

It'd be quite possible to have an answer of more than 1 if your amp is more powerful than your speakers.

So, the ratings in the poll are "what percentage of your speaker capacity does your amp put out"


(please no "what does this prove" comments it's just a Poll.) :smoke:

The system I am listening to as I type:

Adcom GFA-545II - 100 WPC @ 8 Ohms

Paradigm Reference Studio 20v.3 - Maximum input power: 100 WPC

100%.:smoke:

Heresy III Specifications

frequency response 58Hz-20kHz±3dB
power handling 100 w max continuous (400 w peak)
sensitivity 99dB @ 1watt/1meter
maximum acoustic output 116dB SPL
nominal impedance 8 ohms

NAD C272 Specifications

Bridged (Monophonic) Mode
Continuous average power output into 8ohms 300W (26BW)
IHF dynamic headroom at 8ohms 2.2dB
IHF dynamic power 8 ohms 750W (27dBW)
4 ohms 1132W (28.5dBW)

300% Dont tell anybody at Klipsch. :D

Pioneer SA-9100's (I got two I'm special) 60-65 watts on the test card

Pioneer HPM-100's Main speakers mine are the 100 watt rated version.

Pioneer HPM-60's in the office 60 watts rated so a dead heet.

KEF Coda 8 max input: 100W
Yamaha CA-1010 rated maximum output: 90 or 100W @ 8 Ohms depending on what manual you read. Since the KEFs are rated at 6 Ohms, then the amp would put out approximately 100 to 110Wpc. So I'll say for sake of simplicity 100%.

Can't be easy, can it. :no:

Tom

Concept 16,5--165wpc
Pioneer CS-99's--80wpc(seems to go a lot louder though, they drive up to at least 130wpc without distortion/bottoming out)

That leave me around 200%.:thmbsp:

When I had the Klipsch's, less than 10%.

With the Fostex's, about 30% :D

Us SET guys won't win this one, lol.

Onkyo TX-4500, 60 WPC
Onkyo Radian III speakers, 15w nominal, 30w max.
I guess that puts me at a solid 200%.

I hate max power ratings :(

Hard to say really. My L150’s recommend 300 watts as max amplifier power. My L100T’s recommend 400 watts as max amplifier power. My Yamaha M-2 does 240wpc into 8 ohms but M-2’s have been tested to put out ~380wpc into 4 ohms. I run both pairs of JBL’s at the same time, so it is a 4 ohm load. Not sure how to factor that all into one distinct calculation.

Well, the largest speakers in my theater are Canton Ergo 80's. The label says 180 W. The rest of the speakers are just surrounds and in-walls. I'm powering all my speakers with bridged Berringer A500's which puts out close to 500 W (so they say).
However you want to look at it, I'd be one of the guys who you'll probably pick on for going overboard.

33%

Almarro A205 4.8 wpc
Almarro M1A speakers handle 60 wpc

8%

Dynaco ST-35 17.5W per channel
Fostex FF-165K drivers in BK-16 horn loaded enclosure 70W watts music each

25%

Amps are Mcintosh Mc1201 1,200 watts.

Speakers are Mcintosh XRT22 250 watts.

This puts me at 480% i guess.

Carver Amazing Platinums rated @ 750
Carver power amps rated @ 1,000

']I hate max power ratings :(

Right on,so do i,most of the time they mean nothing.

As much as I wish mfrs wouldn't put wattage ratings on speakers, as they tend to confuse people, I have to bite. ESS AMT 6 rated for up to 1000 watts peak. Pioneer SX 1250 160 wpc.
AR9 400wrms , Sansui G 9000, 160 wpc.

Matched within 20W (Amplifier 120/ch and the Klipsch are rated @ 100W)

TAD 60 with winged "C" 6550C's ~60 wpc, Altec Model 18's, with 604G series drivers, recommended "operational power range" amplifier output is listed at 10-350 watts...thus giving me a value of between 600% and 17%(?)

At the 65 watts ""long term broadband max power" rating that's listed, it's ~100%.

With no test equipment, I have no real way of knowing what the actual output of the amp is, but, I'd have to say they're well matched by the way they sound together.

I polled at between 10% and 30% to reflect the max rating of the speakers.

Hello I’m new popped on over from the Lansing Heritage site for a little fun here.

What amplifies power rating compared to my JBL Control 5, well I’m using some rather old Marantz 1050 for left center right and sub bass JBL 4645 with a third Marantz 1030 driving the JBL control 1 and a Pioneer VSP-200 for centre back and height surround.

I noticed the level of the mix and due to some part of its structure of the mix was just too bright after giving it some EQ treatment it was tamed but still a bit loud in parts. I tend to listen to a lot film mixes and thou my Marantz amplifiers are old there still running. So there it is.

The specs on the Marantz 1050 I belaive are around 60watts into 4Ω and 1030 is around 40watts into 4Ω I can only go with what was told around 18 years or so ago. If anyone’s got more details on the Marantz 1050 and 1030 amp specifications I’d be glad to hear about it.

Thanks.

Both my MX-1 and MX-1000 are rated at 260W rms and are hooked to NS-1000x and M which are rated for 100W rms.

My amp has double the output capability comparted to the input of my speakers.

this is good though. I can max out my speakers without hammering them with THD.

That's funny.. says I've already answered the poll and I haven't....

Running two Carver M1.0t's
Bridged - rated at 1000 watts per
Infinity RS4b's
Rated at 150 watts

Main system speakers: Klipsch RF-7: 250 WPC

Main system Amp: AMC 2030s: 30 WPC

Just a bit over 8%.

Front Room:

Front Speakers (N803'S) rated at 200 WPC
Fed by Rotel 1080, rated at 200 WPC.

After figuring the sine of the integral of the hypotenuse divided by the square of the natural log of Pi...I believe that works out to somewhere around 100%

Rear speakers and center (N805's and HTM2's, respectively) rated at (I think) 120 WPC; fed by a 6-channel Rotel RSP1066 bridged to 3 channels at 160 WPC: 133%

Spare systems:

1st pair of PR#R speakers ( 80 WPC) fed by Sansui AU919 (110 WPC): 138%

2nd pair of PR#R speakers (see above) fed by Sansui AU9500 (80 WPC): 100%

BUT: Above Sansui tested at 100 WPC. So according to actual figures, 125%
(As also shown out by numerous blown tweeter fuses during college years. :rockon: )