moy71 Posted Tuesday at 01:45 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:45 PM Please help me understand. I have a 100W amp. But my speakers are rated at only 50W 8ohms 96db sensitivity. Should i get a speakers with higher watts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM I wouldn't have thought a 100w amp would be an issue if your speakers are rated at 50w power handling. A bit of extra headroom isn't a bad thing. The bigger risk is under-powering the speakers and driving them into clipping. But just to check, what amp and speakers do you have? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moy71 Posted Tuesday at 07:59 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 07:59 PM Thanks for the reply. The amp i am using is an Audiolab 8200P and the speakers i plan to get is an 80s vintage KEF Concerto with only 50w. The current speakers i have is a Klipsch 610F which is 340w. My concern is the amp maybe too much for the KEF speakers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted Tuesday at 09:09 PM Volunteer Share Posted Tuesday at 09:09 PM Frankly I usually completely ignore the power ratings on speakers - who even knows what they mean? They might mean the long term power handling ability, in which case if you are pumping more than 50w into 96 db speakers long term, you are probably more in danger of damaging your hearing than anything else (transient peaks are fine). On the flip side having an underpowered amp might mean that you need to turn it up so high that it clips. Sending a clipped signal to your speakers is a sure way to damage them. In short, as long as you are sensible with the volume control, you are better off having an amp that can deliver more power than you need as opposed to one which delivers less power than you need. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aechmea Posted Tuesday at 09:37 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:37 PM 7 hours ago, moy71 said: Please help me understand. I have a 100W amp. But my speakers are rated at only 50W 8ohms 96db sensitivity. Should i get a speakers with higher watts? No. Sensible use of the volume knob is all that is required. Better to have an over powered amp than not enough. It is a common situation for people to have an amp that can't reproduce the peaks without it clipping. A clipped signal contains a lot of high frequencies (that weren't there before clipping) which can be damaging to tweeters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moy71 Posted Tuesday at 10:11 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 10:11 PM Understand thank you all, makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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