Originally Posted By: dewd
Dave,
Just plug in the specs from your amp, the speakers, and your room. According to some quick entries, you will be able to get over 100DB (way above reference) using the M60's with your AVR.
http://myhometheater.homestead.com/splcalculator.html
PS - Be sure to add to the watts entry and recalculate to see the effect....


I claim tech ignorance on this, but are you sure that calc is right in real world terms. It basically says 20 watts reaches 104 dB. . . I'd like to see that if we are talking about real musical notes from 20 to 20. I know the whole "power doesn't matter" thing is a well settled debate here, but 20 v. 250 yields little change with 93 db speakers. If this is right, you could power an ep800 with a 20 watt amp, yet all compaines are pushing well over 500???
I don't know, sounds fishy.

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