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<blockquote data-quote="Sheikh Yerbouti" data-source="post: 748028" data-attributes="member: 9093"><p>Nice one fella. Glad you're happy with your choice <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/thumbsup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbs up :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p><p></p><p>Are you gonna bi-wire them?</p><p></p><p>Don't turn your amp up, for a couple of reasons...</p><p></p><p>First off (dons flame suit) new speakers will need to be "run in" for a while. It takes time for the cones to loosen up & start to move properly when they're new. How long it will take is pure guesswork, but just go canny for the first little while. Good news is, once they do loosen up a bit they'll sound better <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/thumbsup.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbs up :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p><p></p><p>Second, really you want an amp rated at higher output power than your speakers. Reason for that is, (dons flame suit) amps performance is non-linear across the volume range. The more you turn the amp gain up, the more erratic and less linear it's performance will be... When dealing with amps, linear = good, non-linear = bad.</p><p></p><p>At high gains (high volume) the amp will start to "clip" the signal (imagine a sine wave with all the peaks and troughs "clipped off" flat). When this happens, the signal sent to your speakers approximates to a "square wave". This not only sounds awful, but it's v.bad for your speakers and you're at risk of blowing one of them (especially if they're new and a bit tight). It's not too much amp wattage which blows speakers, it's too little, leading to a badly square signal sent to the cones.</p><p></p><p>EDIT just realised I didn't really answer your question about "best performance".</p><p>To be honest, so long as your amp isn't drastically underpowered (which yours isn't really) then it'll perform just fine. Just be careful of turning it up too much.</p><p>A more powerful amp will sound different because amps all have unique characteristics to their sound. </p><p>Leaving that aside, if you were to wave a wand & change nothing about your system except to increase the output wattage of the amp (which I think is what you're really asking), then the only difference will be the same "listening level" of music entering your ear, but the volume knob will be turned lower.</p><p></p><p>Basically, you want your music to be as loud as you'll ever play it, with the volume control on the amp nicely in it's "linear range", ie not turned up too high.</p><p>There are no hard and fast rules about this cos every bit of kit is different, but so long as you're always running your amp volume control below half, then you should be fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheikh Yerbouti, post: 748028, member: 9093"] Nice one fella. Glad you're happy with your choice :thumbsup: Are you gonna bi-wire them? Don't turn your amp up, for a couple of reasons... First off (dons flame suit) new speakers will need to be "run in" for a while. It takes time for the cones to loosen up & start to move properly when they're new. How long it will take is pure guesswork, but just go canny for the first little while. Good news is, once they do loosen up a bit they'll sound better :thumbsup: Second, really you want an amp rated at higher output power than your speakers. Reason for that is, (dons flame suit) amps performance is non-linear across the volume range. The more you turn the amp gain up, the more erratic and less linear it's performance will be... When dealing with amps, linear = good, non-linear = bad. At high gains (high volume) the amp will start to "clip" the signal (imagine a sine wave with all the peaks and troughs "clipped off" flat). When this happens, the signal sent to your speakers approximates to a "square wave". This not only sounds awful, but it's v.bad for your speakers and you're at risk of blowing one of them (especially if they're new and a bit tight). It's not too much amp wattage which blows speakers, it's too little, leading to a badly square signal sent to the cones. EDIT just realised I didn't really answer your question about "best performance". To be honest, so long as your amp isn't drastically underpowered (which yours isn't really) then it'll perform just fine. Just be careful of turning it up too much. A more powerful amp will sound different because amps all have unique characteristics to their sound. Leaving that aside, if you were to wave a wand & change nothing about your system except to increase the output wattage of the amp (which I think is what you're really asking), then the only difference will be the same "listening level" of music entering your ear, but the volume knob will be turned lower. Basically, you want your music to be as loud as you'll ever play it, with the volume control on the amp nicely in it's "linear range", ie not turned up too high. There are no hard and fast rules about this cos every bit of kit is different, but so long as you're always running your amp volume control below half, then you should be fine. [/QUOTE]
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