Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate Thread
Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Re: Emotiva amps
fredk #273502 09/29/09 04:36 AM
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,789
connoisseur
Offline
connoisseur
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,789
 Originally Posted By: fredk
 Quote:
If we all took our calculators out when we went to the restarant all we'd have is a salad and a water and the 'Whopper' would cease to exist. Building humongous towers like the 'Sears' and CN' would be sensless,

And?

Ahem. I drive an Escort!

::puts power calculator in pocket protector and struts off::



An Escort eh? Well seeing as they stopped making the Escort in 2000 I'll assume it's somewhere between a 1997 and 2000 year model, which has a robust 110 horse power pushing along roughly 2500 pounds (without you in it). That bike in my avatar on the other hand sends 175 horses to the rear tire, which in turn launches all 375 pounds of the Kawasaki down the road at truely retarded speeds...

I guess with that information alone it would be easy to pick out which one of us touts an external amp and which one doesn't eh? Lol ;\)


My Stuff :

M80's
QS8's
VP150
EP800
Denon 4802
Emotiva XPA-3
Samsung BD-P3600
Sharp 65 Inch Aquos LCD
Re: Emotiva amps
fredk #273503 09/29/09 04:46 AM
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,789
connoisseur
Offline
connoisseur
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,789
 Originally Posted By: fredk
OK, heres some examples using the M80.
To listen at 90 DB with 15db of head room for peaks:

8' listening distance = 50w
12' listening distance = 103w
15' listening distance = 175w Look ma, I need external amps!
18' listening distance = 275w mine's bigger than yours is

To listen at 95db w 15db headroom

8' = 157W WHAT?? YOU LIKE MY EXTERNAL AMPS? ;\)
12' = 344w
15' = 509w
18' = 760w

In my apartment I can listen at reference from my kitchen. In some of the rooms you guys have, my receiver would barely keep up in the main room.




Wow, that is eye opening! I suppose with 11,000 cubic feet to fill (35 x 35 x 9), and my seating position 17 feet from my M80's it's easy to understand why I needed the Emotiva to help out the Axiom towers. I have posted in previous threads that they sounded a bit 'strained' at higher volumes with just the Denon (125 watts per channel) pushing them. With this example, it's easy to understand why now.

Ok ok, so you've made a good example of why room size matters... I STILL wouldn't be caught dead in an Escort!!!
















(just playing, I once owned a 1990 Ford Escort. Wasn't flashy, but it motored along without any fuss. Never had that thing in the shop once and it had over 100,000 miles on it when I let my brother in law buy it off of me... I think he totaled it 2 months later!)


My Stuff :

M80's
QS8's
VP150
EP800
Denon 4802
Emotiva XPA-3
Samsung BD-P3600
Sharp 65 Inch Aquos LCD
Re: Emotiva amps
Micah #273511 09/29/09 05:06 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,569
connoisseur
Offline
connoisseur
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,569
I will never own an escort because they smell bad. ;\)

I worked as a lot attendant at a car lot during summers in high school. We took in an Escort as a trade and while it was on the back lot someone puked in it and it sat there in the Phoenix summer sun for more than a week before someone found what had happened when they were sent to get it for the detailers. Try as they might they could never get the smell out of it and had to scrap it. Every time I think of an Escort I think of that smell.


3M80 2M22 6QS8 2M2 1EP500 Sony BDP-S590 Panny-7000 Onkyo-3007 Carada-134 Xbox Buttkicker AS-EQ1
Re: Emotiva amps
grunt #273519 09/29/09 05:15 AM
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,789
connoisseur
Offline
connoisseur
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,789
Reminds me of an episode of 'Seinfeld'! \:D


My Stuff :

M80's
QS8's
VP150
EP800
Denon 4802
Emotiva XPA-3
Samsung BD-P3600
Sharp 65 Inch Aquos LCD
Re: Emotiva amps
Micah #273541 09/29/09 04:18 PM
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 6,955
axiomite
Offline
axiomite
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 6,955
The BEAST!!!!!


With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.
Page 6 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6

Moderated by  alan, Amie, Andrew, axiomadmin, Brent, Debbie, Ian, Jc 

Link Copied to Clipboard

Need Help Graphic

Forum Statistics
Forums16
Topics24,945
Posts442,479
Members15,617
Most Online2,082
Jan 22nd, 2020
Top Posters
Ken.C 18,044
pmbuko 16,441
SirQuack 13,840
CV 12,077
MarkSJohnson 11,458
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 950 guests, and 2 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newsletter Signup
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.4