How many Watts are your main amps?

currently, I am using a Sony TA-4650 V-FET 30wpc amplifier. My theater is using a Denon AVR-3802 110x7wpc receiver. I also have a Sony STR-DA80es 110x5wpc in the bedroom. Sitting around in my den on the floor, a Yamaha B2 V-FET power amp (100x2wpc) 80lbs heavyweight, a Sony STR-V7 150wpcx2 receiver, another Sony STR-DA80ES 100x5 receiver, a Sony STR-V444ES 100x5, a Yamaha CR-1040 80x2 receiver, a Carver TFM25 225wpcx2 power amp.

I am supposedly have on the way here a near mint Sony TA-8650 80wpc V-FET integrated amp, weighing about 65 lbs. Expecting that on Monday... Been searching for one for about 10 years now. I am so happy....

:yippy:

I have a "McIntosh rated" 320 watts tube and SS McIntosh amps which would be an honest 430 watts plus running 2 98db JBL speakers for my main system. :)

Carl

I voted in the 11 to 24 watt category (assuming that is per channel). With efficient speakers I am quite happy with ~14-24 tube watts/ch. Since I use no subs the main amp must make the bass as well.

My main amps upstairs are a self upgraded pair of Eico HF-20's.
Downstairs was a 14 w/ch P-P triode wired 30 year old homebrew with 6CA7's, then a MingDa MC34B with P-P 6L6's (Thor's new amp model) then the mighty Parallax 805 SET has recently moved in. With 40 S.E.T. watts/per this is definitely a different animal but it has been doing a good job of winning my affection despite trying to break my back on moving-in day and leaving me still in pain. That 805 is a serious home theater amplifier BTW. Here is an exquisite music amp that can make explosions and space ship noises with the best of them! ;)

I've got several SS receivers pushing over 100 watts per but they get little use. Around here I like tone with my slam. I've given them all a fair chance and I don't like the grainy feeling of sand in my ears.

Well my main bedroom system is 65 wpc, my main playroom system is 120 wpc, but my main reference system is in the living room with 25 wpc of glorious tube power! :D

-Dave

Front room Yamaha-M-80 and M-70 with two Citation-16's sitting,back room Carver-M-500,bedroom HR-752 and that will be JBLS all around.Frontroom L-300 with L110 on top,backroom L-65 with L-110 and bedroom the newest addition 4301B.I have a JBL problem.

Two stereos currently with 250 wpc amps, one stereo with 200 wpc, and then the two small stereos with 90 wpc and 85 wpc.

Originally posted by Rob
I voted in the 11 to 24 watt category (assuming that is per channel).
I've got several SS receivers pushing over 100 watts per but they get little use. Around here I like tone with my slam. I've given them all a fair chance and I don't like the grainy feeling of sand in my ears.

That's a big DITTO! (sand is for beaches, hee hee hee) :D

a stereo pair of 2A3 single-ended mono power amps (Bottlehead Paramours)... that'd be about 3.5 watts per channel. Never been happier...

I run my 4311s just fine with my Marantz 2265B; never go past 12:00 high (well at least with others around :naughty: )

Carver TFM45 on the SDA SRS rig, 375/ch.

Dual Rotel RB960-BX amps, bridged mono at 180/w for the whole house rig.

Cheers,
Russ

Two watts per channel, thank you very much. Megawatt amps are for wimps! ;)

4 x 300+ watts :D Makes me the biggest wimp I guess ;)

30 single-ended, class-a, charlie-watts per channel here. the sub i'm building is good for 300.

I gots just the right amount :cool:

Originally posted by THOR
4 x 300+ watts :D Makes me the biggest wimp I guess ;)


Just wait till he gets his new RobAmp!


he'll be eatin' those words :P

PIONEER

SPEC-2 @ 250 wpc= 500 watts

SA-9500 @ 80 wpc=160 watts

SX-950@ 80 wpc=160 watts

Realistic

STA-2100@ 120 wpc= 240 watts


Do I win sumthin' !?:dunno:

THOR should be plugging his 15 amps at any moment!

475 wpc @ 6 ohms of pure Musical Fidelity. :yippy:

Originally posted by BrianB
Two watts per channel, thank you very much. Megawatt amps are for wimps! ;)

Megawatt amps are for wimps. At least until Echowars puts the finishing touches on his long rumored flux capacitor upgrade for his Kenwood 700M (hope I got the number right this time...)

As for myself, a Carver TFM-24 with 225W of mighty moose muscle. Say it with me ALLEY <grunt> OOP!

Gotta stay away from those mooseberries.:drunk:

Back in the mid '70s, started with a 10 watt receiver, then a 25 watt Technics, then a big jump to a 120 watt Technics integrated. In '83 bought a Carver M-400t at 201 watts, then up to the Carver TFM-35x at 250 watts. A few years ago jumped back down to a 200 watt McIntosh MC7200, then to a MC2100 at 100 watts, and to my present amp, the 50 watt MC250.

Hopefully very soon, I'll receive my BEZ Model T3B 300B SET at a mere 8 watts per channel.

Computer receiver Pioneer SX-1050 120WPC

Bedroom system Pioneer SX-737 35WPC

Livingroom System Pioneer SX-1250 160WPC

well to throw my .02 cents in im using a pr of 50w monoblock amps per channel fairchild tube amps.this all i feel as far as power goes i need at the moment
truly amzing amps no doubt,
chris

My 300B probably has about 5w, way too much really, gotta try a 2w 45 SET...

But with the addition of this...

Looks like I just graduated to the over 200WPC club!

She'll drive 4 HPM-100's.

Greg

Originally posted by gonzothegreat
At least until Echowars puts the finishing touches on his long rumored flux capacitor upgrade for his Kenwood 700M How did you know? That was a secret...:naughty:

30 watts per channel in triode, on my Cary CAD50mk2 signature/limited edition mono blocs.:D

75X5

I could never figure out which amp to consider as my "main amp" so I passed on this poll until now. Figured what the heck, just assume the biggest. I suppose the front channels constitute the main amps, which have:

250WPC for tweeters
50WPC for mids
250WPC for woofers
400W for subwoofer

If this question is about the main system, then rears are included, I guess:

50WPC for rear uppers
100WPC for rear subwoofers

450W for tube subwoofer

MikE

I alternate 3 pairs of tube monoblocks (all push-pull) ranging from 12 to 25 watts per channel, which is plenty enough for me :)

I guess I got 100 Marantz watts per CH on my 4300....... but I got it all crammed into an 8' X 10' bedroom so it's not so underpowered. Such a sweet sound though.:banana:

30 w/ch tube amp driving a pair of Klipschorns ( 104db efficiency ) plenty of power and volume for me !

Amplifier power need depends on so many factors. In the end if the sound you have is the sound you want then it's all good.

My Tube Mono's are 160 WPC. My Solid State is 300 WPC. My HT amps are 425 WPC. My vintage is 180 WPC

I have:

~ marantz 2250B receiver, 50x2.

~ Mesa Baron power amp, but the rating is either 55, 85, 120, or 150 wpc, depending on triode/pentode mode. This amp will get out easily 3dB more than its rating at each power level before noticeable distortion. Sounds best on the JBL's at 2/3 pentode-1/3 triode (120 wpc), with +4dB negative feedback.

Tubes are good. :yes:

Running a Pioneer SA-508 (UK SA5800 variant)

25wpc I think. Enough for my needs at the moment :)

As we all know, the 1st watt is the most important. If that is clean and distortion free then the rest just fall into place.

I'm biamping using a pair of Accuphase P-300 amps with 150WPC, so that's 600 Watts there. My subs are run from an SAE 2400, which will put out half a kilowatt in short bursts and 450W continuous. That's ridiculous overkill because the subs are K-horn bass bins and probably over 100db efficiency. The amp just fit better in the rack than the other SS amps I have laying around. 10 watts would probably be fine there.
I run my Lowthers off of my DIY SE 45 amp, about 1.8WPC, or my PP triode 6L6 Williamson amps, about 8WPC. I don't really believe that big watts are necessary with efficient speakers and I really don't like the sound of most inefficient speakers I've heard. I have big amps because it's tough to find high quality small ones.

Total power, id have to figure that out later.

I have 5 amps. 4 peavey, 1 crest (backup amp)

the crest, delivers 200 per channel.

the 1 peavey delivers 75 per channel

the next peavey delivers 200 per channel

the peavey after that delivers 600 per channel

the peavey after that delivers 800 per channel

Last but not least the CS-something another from '88

delivers a raw 1000 per channel.

im not going to think about totalling that one up.

Originally posted by Bauhausler
I have big amps because it's tough to find high quality small ones.
Wow, that's very different from my experience. Okay, I'm a tube guy, but generally I have small amps because it's tough to find big ones that have the magic in the first watt...

I know you like what your 45 amp can do, so I'm guessing you mean it's tough to find really good small amps, unless you build them?

Originally posted by tubino
Okay, I'm a tube guy, but generally I have small amps because it's tough to find big ones that have the magic in the first watt...

Amen!

Originally posted by tubino
Wow, that's very different from my experience. Okay, I'm a tube guy, but generally I have small amps because it's tough to find big ones that have the magic in the first watt...

I know you like what your 45 amp can do, so I'm guessing you mean it's tough to find really good small amps, unless you build them?

That's exactly right. In tube amps I find the glory in triodes and simple circuit topology, which typically, though not always, leads to smaller outputs. Luckily, we live in a world with Khorns, Lowthers and 755s.
Commercial solid state amps are another issue. I have had some good smaller ones - an Onix 50WPC integrated tha twas pretty neat and this Son Of Ampzilla, but in many cases the lower output (downmarket) units also suffer from skimpy parts and design along with their reduced performance. Maybe Paul Klipsch was right when he said "What the world needs is a great 5 Watt amplifier". A lot of users of SE 300Bs think they've found that very thing and I can't disagree with them.

I have a H/K-795i receiver in the main system and that is 70 WPC.

Down in the basement I am using, currently, a Mitsubishi DA-A10DC amp which is 100 WPV of amazing power. I would love to have a multi-channel rig using only these amps. I have an Adcom GFP-1 pre-amp in this system - another amazing piece of electronics. The synergy between the two is magical.

Very :cool: amp, that Mits. I had totally forgotten about those and I haven't seen one since I don't know when. You say it sounds pretty good, huh? Do you know what its topology is?


As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don't know, we don't know. " -
Donald Rumsfeld

That guy is a friggin' nutter fo' sho'. :withstpd: :rolleyes:

It is a dual mono amp. Very simple, but very profound as far as sound. The power comes in and is split into the two channels there - where is goes into two equivalent mono amps. Poeple pay so much for the same design now - Krell, Levinson, etc - why not just buy one or two fo these and save the rest of your money.

Dave

Depending upon the music I choose to listen..

FOR CRITICAL LISTENING:
McIntosh C22 W/
McIntosh MC240 : 40 X 2 (Tubed)

Marantz 7 W/
Marantz 8B : 35 X 2 (Tubed)

Speakers used for the above:
ElectroVoice Aristocrats

Parasound PR200 W/
Philips 544 MFB's : 40 X 2 (Solid State)

If I choose to jam a little:
Parasound PR200
Or
NAD 1155 W/
NAD 2200 : 100 X 2 (Solid State)

AWAITING REBUILD:
Recievers:
Kenwood KR-9600 : 000 X 2 (Solid State)
Trio W400 : 000 X 2 (Tubed)
Sherwood S-8000 IV : 000 X 2 (Tubed)

TRC

Two Carvers bridged for 1,000 watt ops in a dual mono config. It works.

TA

Have 3 of 'em now, Yamaha M-80, Soundcraftsmen MA5002, hafler DH-500. The M-80 and DH-500 are sharing the same preamp. Just waiting to add the MA5002, have to finish my RCA interconnect box... Then I'll have all three...

I have three Carvers, a 4.0, 1.0 and a .5. I also have a Soundcrafstmen MA5002 and a NAD 2200.

I just picked up a Phase Linear 400 that need testing.

Whoops I forgot my Adcom's. I have two GFA 565's.

Oh I see. How many power amps do we have is the question.....

Carver M4.0t (in use He-Man rig)
Carver TFM-42t (in use, He-Man rig)
Carver Two M-500t (In use, half-assed HT rig, one as spare)
Carver TFM-35 (spare)
Onkyo M-5090 (in use, half-assed HT rig)

I had a bunch more spares but it was getting a little crowded around here. Recently sold Onkyo M-504 and Onkyo M-506.

TA

Ohhhhh how many...

Six Luxman M-120A amps, a Denon AVR 2801, and a Ming Da 6L6 PP tube amp ;)

If we're doing some kind of cumulative total in pounds of amplification, I might be a contender. If a person had 50 amps weighing 20 lbs each, that would be half a ton. Or 40 at 25 lbs each. Just saying.

But my main amps are deHav Aries G, about 30 wpc, or 2 lbs/watt.

Thor, you need to do something about the wire mess. Why not make up some kind of back "wall" to that rack and hide the cables a little?

Just a suggestion. :)

Originally posted by Toasted Almond
Oh I see. How many power amps do we have is the question.....

Carver M4.0t (in use He-Man rig)
Carver TFM-42t (in use, He-Man rig)
Carver M-500t (In use, half-assed HT rig)
Carver TFM-35 (spare)
Onkyo M-5090 (in use, half-assed HT rig)

I had a bunch more spares but it was getting a little crowded around here. Recently sold Onkyo M-504 and Onkyo M-506.

TA

SAE 2400
Accuphase P-300 (2 of them)

SAE MK 31B
GAS Son Of Ampzilla
McCormack DNA-1
Dynaco ST-70 (3 of them)
Heath W-4 (5 of them)
H-K Citation II
Heath W-5 (5 of them)
Dyna MK III (3 of them)
Audio Note K1 SE 300B
SE DHT 45 stereo amp (a whopping 3W total)
There must be other amps around here besides integrateds and receivers and stuff that's busted. Too lazy to look for them. the top three are the only ones presently hooked up.

450x2@6 It's got some Class A goodies, and gets nice and toasty for the cold basement :)

Originally posted by AudioGeek
Thor, you need to do something about the wire mess. Why not make up some kind of back "wall" to that rack and hide the cables a little?

Just a suggestion. :)

I will someday but it's really not as bad as it looks, the room is usually always dark, it's my HT room, and a big sectional sits about 3 feet in front of the racks so you really can't see the stuff anyway ;)

7 watts per channel with my Welborne 300Bs. Plenty for this guy...

Pioneer SX-1980 270RMS/CH @8 Ohms in the den.
Pioneer SX-950 85RMS/CH @8 Ohms in the garage.
Harman/Kardon 730 40RMS/CH @8 Ohms in the bedroom.

I forget what my original vote was, but I just moved up to 600/ch @ 8ohms with a pair of Soundcraftsmens. I'm driving 6ohm speakers with them but don't know this rating.

My rocking the house rig is about 60/ch.

Hmm...right now the mains are 3.5 watt bottlehead paramours driving Klipsch RF-7s. Other amps include a vintage Scott 299B Tube Integrated (30wpc); a B&K ST 140 (100wpc); a Yamaha RX-V1400; an Optonica SM-4545; Optonica SA-5606, and on the way a Pioneer SX-838. Gotta love this hobby....

It ranges anywhere from 1.5W with my cutom made 10Y SETs to 120W with my Bel Canto (tripath) eVo2i.
Jack

250WPC for tweeters



Huh?

Huh?
Well, this is a system with amps dedicated to each driver and electronic crossovers in front of the amps. But, perhaps that wasn't your question. To be honest, your wording is a bit sparse, so I'm left to guess what you are asking. Perhaps it is something to the tune of, "why 250 friggin' WPC on the tweeters, especially since you've only got 50WPC on the mids?" The answer to that goes a bit beyond how many watts in your main amp, or how many amps in your house, whatever this poll is asking. It all comes down to driver efficiencies. The woofer and midrange are horn loaded and efficient as all get-out. The tweeters, on the other hand, are electrostatic and require a fair bit of power to make sound. Hence, the need for a bigger amp than what would appear logical. I've also got less headroom on this amp than all the others, if I were to scale this amp properly, it should be even bigger. I'll leave that to the future.

Yes you covered it. Did not think about the electrostats and horns. You have two extremes in your system.

So you were correct. I was thinking 250 watts for tweeters !!! Actually, I still am :)

Does a Carver TFM-75 counts? 750wpc or so they say... I am afraid of pushing the volume up!

85wpc Sansui AU717. Working the rest of the system to improve things. the Snells were probably the biggest hit so far, but I'm not done...

(are we ever?) :banana:

Ie spkr's 'measured' sensitivity plus, yr amp's dbw, plus 3.

after all it is a much more useful comparison.


Just for a moment I thought I was in an Aussie pub in the 1960s and the hidden subject was "size'.

My "main" amp is a Pioneer SX-1980 with 270 wpc but my "preferred" amp is a hk-430 with 25 wpc! :thmbsp:
I have a Yamaha RX-1100U rated at 145 wpc on the way but who knows what that is going to sound like or where it will fall in my system.

Whimping out at 300X2 @4ohm - pair of 2 way, Dual 15" warrior woofer, 2.5" kapton voice coil, 50oz mag and 1.5" titanium horn driver, 98db.

I've got 60 watts a side, tube powered. More than enough to entertain the neighbors.David

...an X-Cans version 1, and a single-ended tube Stax unit. For the rest, I use powered speakers and a JVC MX-1, both with WAY more power than I need.

Laz

Two Peavey 120/120's each running mono (240 watts) into my Acoustats. That's eight nicely distorting 6L6's in each (but only distorting just enough). They failed horribly with other ampsincluding larger solid state ones.

My other hi-fi tube amps running other speakers are mostly small (although there is another Peavey 120 and a 60 in there). The living room TV system is a 5x100 watt Pioneer AV thing (super cheap and gets the job done for the Bose). A Carver Receiver at 130/130 keeps my pool house rocking with the Dynaudio's.

Two H/K Citation 19's bridged mono @200watts/ea. on a set of JBL CF 120's @96db.

Just to balance Lazarus' low-power post, as of now, I'm running 500wpc for the highs (MC501s) and 1200wpc for the lows (MC1201s). It's working great; I just stand about 200 feet away so the volume seems about right, and the power company has agreed to high-usage discounts! :naughty:

Bryston 6bs 500 watts each into Infinity Quantum 3s,These things do not even get stressed at unbarable listening levels.Music sounds great from low level to earth shattering.These are my mainstays.I do not think I will ever change.

I've got 2 main systems - one is in the bedroom and is my 2 channel system. It runs off a McIntosh MC7200 200 watt per channel direct coupled amplifier. That same system also has a Denon 200 watt bridged mono amp (soon to be replaced with an MC7100 amplifier) powering the subwoofer.
http://www.rycher.net/DSC04025.JPG

My home theater system has a McIntosh MC7270 amplifier for the mains at 270 watts per channel, but also has a Denon POA-8300 150 watt x 3 for my center and rears.
http://www.rycher.net/DSC04607.JPG

i have the phase linear 700b at 445 WPCand i also have in my main system a soundcraftsmen ma 5002 at 350 WPC.
dad can tell you his when i show him the thread i wont give it away unless you already know.

not realy a surprise or nothin but ....

I have an Audiosource amp three which is rated at 150 watts per channel or 400 watts bridged pushing two Cerwin Vega V-12F's and this is my only system all this is all I need for audio needs.

Yamaha CR-2020 at 105 wpc and Luxman R-117 at 165 wpc. somehow the Yamaha trounces the Luxman.

915 total watts but i added up all of my equepment.

My Yamaha integrated supposedly has 90wpc, but that's at 8 Ohms. Since I have 6 Ohm speakers, I'll go by the meters and say 100wpc :D
Tom

Back LV system M-70 200 wpc and Carver HR-752-150wpc,Bed room Hitachi HMA-8500-100wpc Front LV system Bolly's Technincs-SE A5 MK-2-150wpc and SE-A-70-170wpc.As you can see I have moved some equipment.

Adequate....

Main room:
Teac AG -D7900 AV used as preamp and switching unit
Sansui G9700 driving Marantz 1230's and Altec Santana II's
Pioneer SA 7500II driving CV DX3's and Infinity QB's

Bedroom:
Sansui 8080DB driving Sansui SP1500's

Wifes workroom:
Pioneer SX880 driving Sansui SP200's

My workroom:
Pioneer SX1280
Pioneer SA6500II
Pioneer TX6500II
Kenwood KA5500
Kenwood KT5500
Kenwood KA3500
Kenwood KT5300
All driving various flavors of speakers

Living area
350 watts X 2 Phase Linear Model 700

Garage
350 watts X 2 Phase Linear Model 700


= 1400 total tube squashing watts

All I have is an SX-1280 with 185 watts per channel into 8 ohms but I swear it says 430 watts somewhere on the back of that thing! :D
Reckon it'll do 430 if I get her out on the straight away?

Luke

All I have is an SX-1280 with 185 watts per channel into 8 ohms but I swear it says 430 watts somewhere on the back of that thing! :D
Reckon it'll do 430 if I get her out on the straight away?

Luke

That's the amount of power it uses from the wall.

Duh! Went right over your head, didn't it.
It was a joke. It was inspired by a post I saw earlier tonight where typically someone on ebay listed an amp with a power rating based on what they read on the back of...etc. I know all about power consumption.

Luke

My main system in the great room is powered by a Carver M-4.0t which is 375 watts/channel @ 8 ohms and can be bridge to 1000 watts. (I have a 2nd Carver M-4.0t stored away in the basement).

I have a Carver AVR100 Receiver (150 watts/channel that is presently in need of minor repair but works) set-up in our 3 season porch hooked up to a DVD/TV system.

The above Carver receiver replaced a Sony STR D915 (110 watts/channel) that I have move into my computer room and am using it with our desktop for the kids gaming, internet feeds, etc...

I also have 3 additional amps (1 - PM-120 amp, 1 - TMF-15 amp, 1 - Harmon Kardon HK-870) which are presently shelved in the basement as well...

My main amp is a Pioneer sx-650 conservatively rated at 35 wpc and it practically runs me out of the room turned up much past 4 while driving my jbl l36's. Which, by the way, aren't the most efficient speakers I own, just the best. Yet some sickness compels me to get something bigger. I don't know why. If I had a psychologist, he'd tell me i'm trying to compensate for something that is not so big.

Dont really know which system is my main system. Livingroom has 4 Carver M500T amps bridged playing 4 Cerwin Vega D-9s at over 1000 watts each. Bedroom has 2 Carver M500T amps bridged playing Carver Amazing Platinums at 700 watts each. Rec Room has 2 QSC-RMX 2450's bridged playing Original Carver Amazings at 2400 watts each. Dont forget the garage, Carver M 1.5T playing another pair of Cerwin Vega D-9's at if my memory serves me correctly 500 watts per channel. :banana:

My HT system is what gets used most regularly, so I guess it is the main system:

Yamaha M-80 (340 WPC, into 4 ohms), pushing my AR9s.

Sure makes those DVDs come to life baby :yes:

Rich P

my curtis mathes tower is 25 wpc. my kenwood ka-5010 is 80 wpc(this f@$*er is damn loud) and my pioneersa-950 is 70 wpc.but for some reason always sound a little louder than that.

EW got 150+wpc out of my two B-2 amps when he refurb'd them. Think they are still doing just about that. Very nice.

My present stereo system - Fifty watts per channel x4 into 6-ohm speaker systems (Aiwa bookshelf digital stereo with DSP surround, three-way speakers with powered subwoofers)--200 watts total. My previous system was a Zenith IS-4041 four-mode integrated system, 5 wpc x 2 (8-ohm 2-way Allegro 100 tuned port speaker systems, no subs). I lived in a three-bedroom house when I had the Zenith system; I bought the Aiwa system when I moved to an apartment six years ago. Can't run the Aiwa system full blast for obvious reasons (unless I use headphones--even at that I'd probably blow them [or my ears] out long before it ever got to full output) ; probably couldn't run the Zenith system wide open here either. Five watts per channel can be very loud at full volume. I know, because I had the thing running that loud in my house a few times. Didn't want to leave it that way for long, however, since there was a warning on the spec sheets for the speakers which stated that most amplifiers, when driven into distortion, can produce more power than that for which they were originally designed. :eek: Needless to say, this would blow a pair of speakers rated for just five watts in a hurry.

My Marantz 300 DC is 150 per side. Most likely more. Too lazy to check. :D

Ron

My main system is powered by my Spec-1/2, as most know it's 250wpc. I think my favorite is my Technics Micro System, 40wpc feeding a pair of very efficient Cerwin Vega PD-9's.

Ron

I have one Soundcraftsmen MA5002A and two Soundcraftsmen PA5001 amplifiers.

Each amplifier is 250 watts X 2 @ 8 ohms, 375 watts X 2 @ 4 ohms, and they are all stable down to two ohms.

All three amplifiers sound fantastic; exceptionally clean power with amazing control even at very low power levels.

Hoooo Haaaa Berrrr Jaaaaaa

It all down there

Bi-amping with a mostly stock Dyna ST-70 (WIMA coupling caps and new filter can), and a Hafler P4000 studio amp at 275 WPC into 4 ohms. Sweet up top, beefy down below!

I think I am going to run both of my PA5001's in mono to drive my four ohm Thiel CS2 speakers, should be well over 1,000 wpc rms.

Looks like there aren't many SET guys here. For the most part, a high power forum.

Or medium power if you are a Krell guy.

My main system is Pioneer Elite, using an M90 amp, rated at 200WPC. My second system uses a Mac 4100 receiver, rated at 75WPC, I believe.

I just bridged my two Soundcraftsmen PA5001 amplifiers mono driving my four ohm Thiel CS2's and boy is there a HUGE difference in the detail and impact. Even at low volume levels I can feel the music! I figure the amplifiers are now putting out in the neighborhood of 1100-1200 wpc and WOW does it make a significant difference! I always thought my Thiel’s sounded really accurate, but I also thought they were a speaker with limited dynamic range and impact; I always thought they were a little too laid back for me, boy was I wrong.

A Soundcraftsmen Pro Power 10 running 600 watts per channel feeding 2 Polk RTi12's

Second Soundcraftsmen PP10 running 3 channel feeding a Polk CSi5 600 Watts, and a pair of FXi5's 200+ watts per channel.

For lows, a Polk PSW1000.

Sounds fantastic

My main amps are Carver M-200t's, bridged mono blocks. :banana:

They sound great with Advent Maestro's.

New main system:

Adcom GFP1 pre-amp
Adcom GFT2 Tuner
Carver M-200t (2) Mono Blocks Bridged.
Thorens TD-166 MII
Pioneer RT-707
Advent Maestros
JVC Cassette deck TD-w805
JVC XL-M700 CD player

Thanks,
John. :music:

My main system is the system I'm using at the moment. Marantz 2015 (15 wpc) hooked up to HPM-100s. Yamaha CD player, Pioneer TT. Because I swapped out the SX-1050 to give the little Marantz a shot.

Hail,
My two main systems are each bi-amped with Phase Linear 700 Series One's, each at 350 watts into 8 Ohms at .005 THD and IM distortion. Muffin fans keep them happy as they are driving 4 Ohm loudspeakers that oftentimes dip to 2 Ohms. At WHOA sound levels they simply whisper to me, "Is that all you have buddy?'

Twenty seven years without a failure. In 2000 I had them 'gone over' and they are still singing.
Vito

Main System: 105wpc

HT System: 105wpc

Bedroom System: 70wpc

Nearfield Tube Rig: 10wpc (which is more than enough, even on inefficient 85db/1w monitor speakers!)

main system 160 watts pioneer sx-1250.

bedroom system 120 watts yamaha cr-2040.

ToTo man,
I must say that your music room looks absolutely beautiful and comfortable.
Vito

Tandberg 3003A - 150 wpc

Main system - 130WPC

Lounge system - Active speakers with 143W max per speaker

Dining Room system - 55WPC

ToTo man,
I must say that your music room looks absolutely beautiful and comfortable.
Vito

Thanks Vito :).

It was a lot of hard work to get it to the stage it's at, and it drove me mad at times, but all the time and effort was worth it because I've finally got it exactly how I want it! I think the rug made the biggest difference to the room. Before, it was just all bare wood floor, and the sound was very echoey, and it didn't look very comfortable :no:. But now, with the rug down, the sound has got MUCH better, and it looks more like a lounge now, an ideal place to relax :music:.

on the main rig my amps are 1200 watts(mcintosh mc 1201 monoblocks)

on the little tube rig my amp is 120 watts(mcintosh mc 2101 tube amp)

less than 10 se el84 for now .working on 120 parralel pp el34
enjoy F.

I use my radically modified Dyna MK-III's to drive my Acoustat spectra 2200's and a modified Hafler DH-200 to drive my 2 12" subs. :smoke:

MA500 are rated by Marantz at 125wpc@8ohm.

4, maybe 5 per channel

Just enough SET to make the wife scream "turn that down" :banana:

I have my Koss stats bi-amped.100 per chan. Adcom on the mids and highs and a 220 watt per chan. BGW on the bass. All this running in 4 ohms. So not sure of the real wattage.

Main amp Parasound Halo A51. 250 wpc into 8 ohms, 400 wpc into 4 ohms.

I use a 60wpc..unbridged..Rotel, and a 200wpc Pioneer m90 for 2ch
stereo. The rotel is for the surrounds/back channel/sub and center.
It sounds very effeicent now, and my rock music has "crunch" to it
now, IMO rotels are to bright for music, with these speakers. The
pioneer gave them just what they needed.
:banana:

Not sure. Mine aren't rated for 4 ohm speakers, and that's what I'm driving. So I guessed and said 100-199. Pioneer SX-5590.