Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions enough power

i think after visiting this forum a bunch of times that i will be ordering a pair of m80s real soon. i have a yamaha rxv 2700 rated for 140 per channel and see that the m80s can handle a lot more than that.will i need a little more power to get them cranking and if so what type of amp would allow me to use the features of the yamaha and add some more power without breaking the bank thanks john

Welcome!
How big is your room, what type of music/movies do you enjoy (and what percentage of movies v. music?) and do you have a sub?

room is 12x 18 will be used for mostly music and i have a sub that i bought with my orbs. listen to all music but love to crank up some head banging tunes from time to time. replaced an older system that i used cerwin vegas with and would pop the fuses in the back of those from time to time.the reciever died and i bought the yamaha, picked up the orbs which are awesome but not enough and will be my rears unless i fall in love with the m80s and get the itch for axiom rears but 1st things first. i just want to make sure i have enough power to feed them

The Yamaha might be enough but the truth is who knows. You very well might send it into protect while doing some of your headbanging. All I can say is give it a try and see how it goes. That or stay with an 8 ohm speaker like the M60s.

Thats not a particularly big room. You can easily hit 90-95db with around 65w so it really depends on how loud 'headbanging' is.

I believe the 2700 can handle the 4Ohm load.

My Denon (100watts) without my amps added, fill my 30 x 31 x 9 ft room just fine. I'm sure the Yammy will be fine, but only you can tell us.

I'll give my standard speech

Don't get hung up on watts. You have enough to blast as loud as you like in that small room. Only issue is with the Yammy and the 4ohm speakers. I'm thinking yours will be fine.

All right, who are you......and what have you done with Rick?

I think I just threw up a bit in my mouth... BLASPHEMY!!!

John, another welcome(we can always use another John here). As to power requirements, "handle a lot more" doesn't mean need a lot more. Although the M80s have been lab tested by Axiom at over 1000 watts without going up in smoke, they're also slightly more sensitive and require less power than average. You didn't describe the configuration of your present Orbs, but the single unit is a lttle less sensitive than the M80s and you might find that the M80s will actually require a bit less power. In any case, there's no good reason to assume at this time that the 2700 won't be entirely satisfactory, so it's at best premature to be thinking of another amplifier.