Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Help guys......A sub or a more powerful amp??

True but like I posted before, a lot of peeps like 2 channel as 2 channel. Meaning no sub. I know that as far as I go, I only use my sub about 50% of the time when I sit down and listen to tunes.

Seems to me that he is already running a good receiver - a NAD at 80 watts per channel. I would think that’s plenty of power to drive his speakers. If he were running a $100 POS amp, then I’d be taking your side as well, because when I upgraded my AVR, I experienced a night and day difference. But, again, that was going from a POS to a decent AVR.

I noticed a big difference in sound with the sub, and I use it strictly for music. Just for reference, I bought a radio shack digital sound meter and played with it the other day. Was just a bit hung over, so I didn’t get too carried away. At +10 db on the H/K (and it’s range is +/-80 db), 15’ away from the M80’s, the meter was reading 104 – 107 db’s playing Audioslave. If I turn off the sub, the db’s dropped to 102 – 105. The H/K is rated at 100 watts per channel, just slightly more than his NAD.

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playing Audioslave

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I love cranking Like A Stone. I'm going to blow something up playing that song! lol You picked one song that I always make sure the sub is on!

AHA!

Todd what was meant is that your NAD probably has more power capacity than you can use and that there's no need to "increase power".

Thanks everyone for their responses. I just wanted to make sure I was getting the most out of my 60's. I've heard all of the bi-amping and bi-wiring and other stuff. Or is that another thread.........

If your ready to invest in stand alone cross-overs, bi-amping does wonders. Bi-wiring on the other hand is a debate. Some think it does wonders, others don't. I bi-wire my fronts only because I can.

I do agree with JohnK however with respect to your current amp. NAD's stuff puts out plenty of power for most applications. If you went with a big-ass amp you would notice a change in overall DB and depending on what kind of amp you went with, the amp itself may bring a few of it's own characteristics to the table.