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Article #5378Re: Define "Headroom"
From: Panos Tamamidis
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 02:26
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 02:26
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bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
>>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
Panos
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