How much power needed to drive 91db speakers?


Sonus Farber lists the sensitivity of my speakers at 91 db SPL@ 1 meter @4 ohms.  They also say I should use  50-450 watts of power. My PS Audio amps pump out 500 watts @4ohms, so the max isn’t a problem, but if I switched to something 15-50 class A watts, would that be more than enough power?  
 

Thanks in advance.

curiousjim

Showing 1 response by bimmerlover

My speakers have about the same sensitivity as yours and when I am playing at 75 dB I rarely use more than one watt.

Forty to 50 watts is ample power to drive those speakers unless you listen very loud or they are for some reason unable to provide the expected current with the 4 ohms nominal load (which probably can go down to 2 1/2 to 3 ohms at its lowest point).