In all the A9 reviews, it says these open up beautifully if adequately powered. What is min recommended power to maximize the listening experience?
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50 - 500 watts is the range provided by the manual. 50 watts per channel is what you need for a minimum. I have an Onkyo TX-NR818 with 135 watts per channel powering the units along with 7 other speakers for a 9:2 surround system.
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I would say about 150 Watts RMS. You really need some nice clean power to drive these speakers. I would highly advise to Bi-amp your speakers: meaning get an external amp in addition to your Receiver's amp.
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I would recommend at least 250 to 300 watts. Get a crown xls 1500, amazing amp and plenty of juice.
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Most people say around 300 watts each, I went with 600 watts each and positively love them. The wattage is needed to get the mids and woofers to work properly. If you power them right and run them full range a sub is really not needed. Remember most recievers are rated two channels driven, so an external amp is a must. These speakers sound good with 90 watts, they sound like a completely different speaker with 300 watts, they go from good to great.
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The truth is that at least I could not say ... I use it with "Emotiva" amplifier, and the truth, sound speakers, making experience the experience of being "there" the artist.
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I would recommend at least 2000 watts. I have a PQA4100 pyle amp running twin PADH215 at 8ohms with no EQ. I can max the volume and not distort these speakers. Unfortunately with no EQ there is more mids and highs than lows. At full volume with 4100 watts these will make ur ears bleed. I equal this out with twin 18" sub cabs and 3000 watts. Nicely balanced sound, no distortion, use as my house stereo system. Would like to add an EQ to balance out the sound, but other wise very satisfied.
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They dont need high power to get loud due to the high efficiency, however giving them clean power will give u the best sound quality possible. I have my set running off of 90 watts each from an older nakamichi amp and they sound amazing for what they cost. Having a high pass filter will help also.
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Justin -Nice, very powerful speakers to began with (700 Watts). For PA, something like an XR 8300 wound be a good choice (2 x 300 Watts).That would give you 300W to the mains and 300W to the monitors.If you want to elaborate, please give me a call.Thanks,Hugh800-806-7774318-614-0422 Cell
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The Lepai is a dandy small amp for a small room, but a more robust amp with higher power will do these speakers far more justice. I'm running mine on a 100 watt per channel receiver. I don't need all that power, but keeping some headroom is generally good. I reccommend at least 50 watts per channel to take advantage of what these speakers have to offer. Be sure to observe RMS (true) wattage instead of peak wattage like some products sold here (Pyle) are rated in.
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I would recommend a small amp for the clarity. They sound real nice, no sub needed unless you want a little thump.
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You can even run them off an MP3 player headphone jack.....But they distort out because they aren't getting enough power to make them fully powered....QSC GX3 is a good fit.... a couple hundred watts sent to each speaker minimum is ideal, they max at 1000 per speaker according to JBL but I wouldn't put more than 900 watts per channel, and I wouldn't run them off anything less than 200 watts per channel steady current to get the full effect of the speakers and to make sure they sound good....Speakers, even ones like these can become blown and useless if they are under powered, not just over powering them....So stay in the 200-900 watt range, QSC is a good reliable amp for these. You can even run them off an MP3 player headphone jack.....But they distort out because they aren't getting enough power to make them fully powered....QSC GX3 is a good fit.... a couple hundred watts sent to each speaker minimum is ideal, they max at 1000 per speaker according to JBL but I wouldn't put more than 900 watts per channel, and I wouldn't run them off anything less than 200 watts per channel steady current to get the full effect of the speakers and to make sure they sound good....Speakers, even ones like these can become blown and useless if they are under powered, not just over... » Read More You can even run them off an MP3 player headphone jack.....But they distort out because they aren't getting enough power to make them fully powered....QSC GX3 is a good fit.... a couple hundred watts sent to each speaker minimum is ideal, they max at 1000 per speaker according to JBL but I wouldn't put more than 900 watts per channel, and I wouldn't run them off anything less than 200 watts per channel steady current to get the full effect of the speakers and to make sure they sound good....Speakers, even ones like these can become blown and useless if they are under powered, not just over powering them....So stay in the 200-900 watt range, QSC is a good reliable amp for these. « Show Less
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My advice would be not to drive these speakers to maximum wattage. However, these remarkable bookshelf speakers are the best I've heardover 40 yrs of trying to find a certain quality and would think that they would be very adequate in a multi-speaker array, ie 7.1.
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I am using a 300 watt 5.1 amp to power these. I don't think you will be happy with anything less than 150 watts of power. They are remarkable sounding, though.....
59745
Your guess as as good as mine. I enjoy mine almost every day, but they are wired up to my audio amp. My guess is that Amazon is so fond of these speakers that they want everybody to notice them, regardless of the section they're browsing.
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Anything that can deliver at least half of the recommended power which is 110 watts rms per speaker. I currently give them 50 watts rms and they sound great and are loud enough for me. Make sure the amplifier is CEA 2006 compliant. All of the information can be found on Crutchfield or sonic electronix. I recommend Alpine Mrv-F300 or something similar as it will be slightly cheaper than the PDX-V9 if your on a budget. If you can splurge a little more go for it and get a PDX-V9. Both amplifiers are a great buy in my opinion
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Spec wise I think they rate they at 90db. It doesn't take a whole lot of amplifier to make them sound good. I'm using 110 watts max on my Sony system and 100 watts on my Okyo system. Of course I'm only using a fraction of the power settings.
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any amplifier producing 50-100 watts should be plenty i use 160 watts per channel but dont use full power on these sweet little speakers
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It all depends on what type of system your wanting to run. Good amps and cheap speakers are only going to give you poor sound with no power because the speakers can not take the power they are getting.. My e mail ericcapasso52@hotmail.com email me what your have and I'll tell you if its worth using...
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Thanks for your question. While these are one of the more efficient speakers produced in the mainstream, they will play well with a low power amplifier such as the one you inquire about within the limitations that any 10Watt amp will have with very dynamic music. This is a fantastic sounding speaker. World Wide Stereo is 35 years old and a very proud Klipsch dealer.
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The real question is do you normally run them with 200 watts of power?? The control is spec,ed at 100 watts. But for home use even to the most hearing impaired user Most folks will not use more than 20 / 30 working watts of power though the speakers are rated for 200 watts that just means that that is the peak excursion they should be able to tolerate without a failure. What is your amp rated at How many watts?? Knowing this how hard do you run it at?? a 200 watt amp run at half volume should deliver approximately 100 watts output power. I have 250 watt speakers and a 60 watt amp and can barely tolerate them run to 50 % past that I risk hearing damage and a visit by the local constabulary My speakers are really efficient. I am a believer that its not the power but the efficiency that rules. I do professional Sound reinforcement and rarely need to use more than 200 watts to the mids and that's to rock a crowd into the couple hundred. If you are truly using more than this consider building a more efficient system. My use of the volume control is to trim outdoor speakers rated at 50 w from an amp that outputs 25 watts
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75w will do great on these! mine are about that and they have a very clear strong sound at all frequencies. I have 4 and they vibrate my rear view mirror a little bit even.