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Posted By: linhly 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 03:33 PM
hi people i got am thinking about buying a new pair of speaker which are 100watt but i have an 80watt reciever will my reciever blow up if i put to much power in the speaker
Posted By: bray Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 03:36 PM
No.
Posted By: thyname Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 03:46 PM
Usually speaker specs have a range of watts, for example 25 watts to 150 Watts, instead of only one number. In case your number (100) is the maximum one, you'll be fine.
Posted By: linhly Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 03:50 PM
thank you also one more qustion the speaker have bi-wire but my reciever isn't how can i hook them up.
Posted By: Wid Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 03:54 PM
Just wire your speakers in a conventional manner and all will be fine.
Posted By: bugbitten Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 04:19 PM
Pick 1 left post and 1 right post on the speaker. Do NOT remove the bridge between the 2 sets of posts.
Posted By: Ken.C Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 06:36 PM
Hang on a sec. What kind of speaker is only rated for 100 watts and still is biwireable? There may be something rotten in Denmark. You may wish to consider something different.
Posted By: SirQuack Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 09:24 PM
I'm not aware of Axiom's that are only rated at 100watts and bi-wireable. You must not be looking at Axioms?
Posted By: thyname Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/05/06 10:00 PM
Linhly;

I have my speakers bi-wired. You only need two binding posts at the receiver, one black one red to bi-wire, and four binding posts at the speakers. If you bi-wire, you need to remove the binding thing at the speakers. I bought my cable biwire-ready with two banana plugs in one side (to be connected to the receiver) and four banana plugs to be connected at the speaker. Here is my speaker cable
Posted By: JohnK Re: 100watt speaker 80watt amp - 01/06/06 02:27 AM
Lin, welcome. Note that the maximum power rating of a speaker supposedly is the amount of power it could take continuously without going up in smoke; it has nothing to do with the amount of power it uses from the receiver at any given moment(which most of the time is about 1 watt). So, even a speaker with a 500 watt maximum rating doesn't necessarily create any sort of problem for an 80 watt receiver. As Rick mentioned, forget the bi-wiring, which is of no significant benefit, and simply connect your regular single length of lampcord to one set of terminals.
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