fernarias
Super Member
What's this nonsense about high current amps???? Amps run high voltages low amps, ohms law. If an amp doesn't then your speaker wire will warm up and the woofer coil will go poof. Perhaps this new marketing crap refers to an amp (modern amp) that can handle low ohm loads (since most new amps can't). As for the denon, my denon(which died after only 4 years) made my Cornwalls sound like crap (no surprise here since my "115" watt amp wasn't a 115 amp) in stereo which lead me to Audiokarma.
As for the KA-9100, if restored, it will run any speaker 4 to 16 ohm. High efficiency is best and if you want bass at low volume then a subwoofer is a good idea since speakers have little bass at low volume (which is why you have a loudness switch on the Kenwood). Don't be afraid to use the bass knob on the amp, that's why it's there. My 9100, that's been restored, can effortlessly drive my Chorus II. Scared the s**t out of me when I turned it on at full volume, no clipping (I had just cleaned the switches by taking them apart and forgot to reset the volume knob to zero, I'm getting old).
As for the KA-9100, if restored, it will run any speaker 4 to 16 ohm. High efficiency is best and if you want bass at low volume then a subwoofer is a good idea since speakers have little bass at low volume (which is why you have a loudness switch on the Kenwood). Don't be afraid to use the bass knob on the amp, that's why it's there. My 9100, that's been restored, can effortlessly drive my Chorus II. Scared the s**t out of me when I turned it on at full volume, no clipping (I had just cleaned the switches by taking them apart and forgot to reset the volume knob to zero, I'm getting old).