Moskaudio: As said, it's not necessarily the amp's rated output, although higher output sometimes goes hand in hand with higher current. High current amps and ones that have a high dynamic capability is what you want. At "normal" levels, your used output wattage, will most likely stay fairly low, but when the snare drum cracks or the cymbal crashes, or the cannon sounds, that's when you need the headroom that a high current amp can produce. Most speakers are not damaged due to high wattage, they're damaged due to clipping the signal. A high current amp will always sound better than a high wattage amp made from IC chips. The difference is night and day. The impedance and the sensitivity of your speaker also plays a very significant role.
Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers
Hello.
I have some polk LSIM707s that I thorough enjoy.
However, at the moment I'm powering them using a Yamaha aventage 3070 receiver which at 150 watts at 8ohms sounds pretty darn good.
However, since these are rated at 300 watts at 8 Ohms, I assume I will need some more power. I notice at lower volumes a lot of the imaging and clarity disappears.
I am looking at buying a 300 watt emotiva Amplifier, or a 500 watt emotiva amplifier.
I'm assuming it would be better to purchase the 500 watt per channel emotiva so the speakers won't suck it dry or stress it.
Am i wrong in this assumption?
I have some polk LSIM707s that I thorough enjoy.
However, at the moment I'm powering them using a Yamaha aventage 3070 receiver which at 150 watts at 8ohms sounds pretty darn good.
However, since these are rated at 300 watts at 8 Ohms, I assume I will need some more power. I notice at lower volumes a lot of the imaging and clarity disappears.
I am looking at buying a 300 watt emotiva Amplifier, or a 500 watt emotiva amplifier.
I'm assuming it would be better to purchase the 500 watt per channel emotiva so the speakers won't suck it dry or stress it.
Am i wrong in this assumption?