Dan D'Agostino S250 MxV enough power for Wilson Audio Alexia V


Do you think the Dan D'Agostino S250 MxV will provide enough power at 250 watts stereo for the Wilson Audio Alexia V speakers? 

Speakers say 90 dB @ 1 Watt @ 1 Meter @ 1kHZ.  But at 1kHZ the speakers impedance is 6 ohms.  What happens to the sensitivity at 85 HZ when the speaker impedance is closer to 2.5 ohms?  I guess at 2 ohms the S250 says it will put out 1,000 watts.  

chauncey

No need to spend five-figures for D'Agostino! Buy the Peachtree 500 for $1400. 680wpc@4ohms from a load-invariant class D amp.

I would take the Steinway Lyngdorf Model B Speaker System over any other stereo system on Planet Earth 🤩😍😃

I think it would. Perhaps your dealer would let you try one with your set up first?

ozzy

I’m using the Pass Labs X-260.8 monos with my Sasha DAWs.  More than enough power.  Powerful bass and they never break a sweat. The DAWs are 91dB at 1W 1 meter. 

@rick2000 I just received my PS Audio BHK preamp again from service and now I'm giving up on tube equipment, I love the sound but constantly rotating and buying tubes I give up. I have a Lyngdorf processor and it sounds great, what can you tell me about the Steinway preamp if you have any experience with it, I just want tube sound without the tube and the noise. Thanks

Hopefully it's enough for the Alexia V!  My last amp the Levinson 33H monoblocks were only 150 watts.

I use a Pass Labs 250.8 to power my Sabrina X’s, which have similar power demands, with no problem whatsoever!

@carey1110 

My S250 is driving my Alexia V no problem.  At about half way on the meter it's incredibly loud.  I feel like at full power I might blow drivers?  I'm not sure I've seen the meter go to 3/4 power level.  But I'm not sure how fast the analog meter responds to peak levels?  I've watched real time power on a digital QSC Q-SYS amplifier before and it's crazy how fast a quick power spike goes from 50 watts to 1200 watts then back down....

 

I had the Alexia in my system.  Rarely did it need more than 35-60 watts to drive them to 85-90db  sound level.  So yes the Dan will be more than adequate.