Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners What is the lowest power amp with m80's

Has anyone ever experimented with a lo power SET amp? I have a fantasy about pairing up my 2 watt per channel SET with some 80's. I'm pretty sure it will be a no go, but the effiency looks like it is there.

Lampy, maybe the lowest power amp use that's been reported here with M80s is when Mojo connected the amplifier in his wife's boombox(probably about 2-3 watts realistically)to his M80s. At a moderate listening level the result wasn't audibly different from a high powered receiver.

Considering that the sound level at a typical listening distance of about 10'(both direct sound and room reflections taken into account)would be about 86dB for 1 watt with the M80s, a 2 watt amplifier would be okay for a peak level less than about 90dB.

Mojo would be proud

Thank you JohnK.
I think I am going to find someone in my area with m80's and hopefully they will let me bring my amps over for a test drive.

I may have to try this experiment just to see it for myself. I don't believe it.

Not even with really expensive speaker cable...

This little amp I just ordered, despite it's marketing claim, probably puts out only 5-6 WPC cleanly. I'm looking forward to trying it with a few different setups (including my M60s) to see what it can do just for the hell of it!

If it works OK, maybe I'll buy a bunch of them for a setup in every room

Well, clean is certainly the issue. I don't doubt you can get 86db of sound or whatever the math says, but I don't see getting the same sound quality at 86db.

Ummm, you bought that for your Mom...............Right?

Yeah, but I get to play with it for a couple of weeks until I visit her next and install it!

Context is everything.