Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater a quick blurb on the S/N 972

Yeah, I thought the wpc was a little low.

Now if it'll just become available for sale!

Nice looking unit though, clean and symetrical - I don't think 100wpc should be an issue for most HTs unless you are getting in to a larger 2500 - 3000 + area and if so, then you would most likely have an amp to compensate.

I thought S/N was/is known for under rating their amps? It could very well be 120-140wpc.

All I know is my little 80wpc Marantz has plenty of power in my 25 x 16 living room - I am rethinking my plans of purchasing an extra amp next spring - The S/N should have plenty of power

yeah, but the denon 3808 is claimed at 130wpc and I am pretty sure that is an under-rated conservative number too. (at least I read something at audioholics about one of the lower end denons being way udner-rated so I assume that the higher end ones are too)

But yeah, I don't think it would be a problem... just sounds a little low.

I know HK has always been a conservative rating, nice to know SN follows the same practice, unlike Sony.

These lab tests showed the 3808 meets the all channels driven spec at it's rated 130W/ch.@1% distortion and it does go up for 5 channels driven to 137w and 187w for 2 channels, so it is not an overachiever with respect to all channels driven.

thanks jakewash. I forget which denon I reaed about at audioholics ...

Just to emphasize that the Denon, along with most other receivers, doesn't rate power under an all-channels driven spec. The basic two-channels driven test number acceptable under the FTC regs(full rated power for at least five minutes continuously) is used and is met with some room to spare, as is typical of the other makes of receivers as well. This of course contradicts frequent complaints by some audiophiles that published power ratings are "exaggerated", or even "lies". It's rather ironic that some of the folks who say these things are willing to believe that totally unproven sonic characteristics of players, amplifiers and even pieces of wire exist, while they're suspicious about the only aspect of audio performance that's actually subject to specific regulations.