Audiolab 9000P bi amp speaker question


I have an Audiolab 9000P system bi amped with Klipsch Heresy IVs.  System is 8 ohm and 300 watts, speakers are 100 watts.  Should I be concerned?  I do like to RAWK on occasion.  Don't  know whether to get new speakers or not.  1st world problems.

hardrocker69

Your speakers are a 94.5dB@2.83V/1m sensitivity wise.

With a minimum impedance modulus of 4.1 Ohms at 135Hz with the rest of the spectrum at 5 Ohm or higher.

They're not voltage hungry and are not current demanding too so 100Watts is enough to send each speaker to 100.2dB peaks from 12 ft away. Meaning for the stereo pair you're getting 103.2dB peaks, 12ft away. That's hearing damage level SPL with 100 watts alone

Your concern should be for your ears not the speaker transducers @hardrocker69 

+1 what @kofibaffour mentioned at the end.

You should be ok.  The Heresy's rating is 100 watts continuous and 400 watts peak. Most of the time you are using <10 watts max at normal listening levels.  It would be difficult to run >100 watts continuous into a speaker. Just don't push the volume to 10 or 11, which would probably push the amp into clipping and which would damage both amp and speaker.

Question, and maybe just to be nitpicky...  I'm assuming you are using 2 amps.  Are you bi-amping the speakers (i.e. removing the jumper from the speaker terminals and using 2 amplification channels on each speaker) or just bridging each amp and using them as monoblocks?  If you are bi-amping, then it is still only sending 100 watts/8 ohms to each driver.  The 300 watts/8 ohms is the rating is for using the amps in "Bridged" mode as monoblocks.

-Jeff

Are you doing a horizontal or vertical biamp? That's important because if you do a horizontal biamp, you probably need a crossover to deal with the difference in volume. A vertical biamp avoids that issue.

Thanks for the responses.  Just got home from work.  @jeffbij  bridging is the term I should have used.  I'm new to any of this, and trying to learn.  @kofibaffour tha KS for the insight.  @052rc thanks for trying to help.  I think what I read is I should be ok.

@hardrocker69 -  no problem.  We are all here to learn.  Even those of us who are old and grey, have big (or small) egos, can be as stubborn as a mule and dumber than a brick, are here to learn from each other. 

So, you are most welcome and keep asking away.

-Jeff