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Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Power Handling?

Hello All.

I just purchased what was probably the last pair of these to be sold in Austin, Texas as the new model Beethoven is now released. The Sumiko web site states that the speakers can handle up to 300 watts unclipped, but the back of the speaker says 4 ohms, 200 watts. Can anyone shed some light on this.

Also, the dealer tells me these are the MkIII.2 version. Does anyone know the various iterations of this speaker and how to identify them?

Thanks
Gene
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ppridday
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I just listened to a set of these yesterday and was amazed with them. They were being run with a 400W Macintosh amp. During the listening session it was run into clipping on one of the louder passages of a Reference Recording CD. This did not seem to bother the speakers at all. Didn't even really sound all that ugly. I was hoping to listen to a set of the Mahlers but they were out on a demo. The guy who had them out is going to do a comparison on the Beethovens. Should be interesting.

Paul
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