Here's lab results of the AVR-330 which is the most simmilar AVR from HK I could find results on. If the amplifier circuitry is similar to the 235 but with a little more juice. I'll let other comment, I'm no expert.
Here's a quote:
"The AVR 330 handily exceeded its rated allchannels
power with five channels driven and
was only a couple of watts shy of the 55 W x 5
spec even with all seven outputs active. When
driving multichannel 4-ohm loads with steadystate
test signals (sine tones), the receiver activated
its protection modes after about half a
second if it was asked to produce more than
about 25 watts. Single-channel performance
was unaffected, and real-world dynamic signals
presented no problem with these low-impedance
loads."
So does that mean if you use a test signals you'll put the AVR in to protection mode with a 4ohm load, but if you send it real input like a CD/DVD that it will work fine since there's obviously a much greater variance in the frequencies it reproduces?
http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/assets/download/322004163324.pdf
Last edited by scottkuehn; 12/22/04 02:22 PM.
