Do I have enough amplification?

[Yohansen]

Hi
I just purchased the Yamaha RX-V385 and Polk Audio RTI-A7 Speakers.
Is the Yamaha power enough to make the speakers blossom? or I need more amplification? What do you suggest?
Please feel free to advice.

Thank you

 

[lovinthehd]

How loud do you listen? How far away from the speakers do you sit? What the hell is blossoming? Try using this spl calculator to get an idea of your needs. http://myhometheater.homestead.com/splcalculator.html

 

[Yohansen]

I am 7-8 feet away from my listening position and the speakers are almost 8 feet apart between them.
I don’t know which position regarding the angle of the speakers should face. Outwards is imaging but inwards is more concentrated.
Blossom I mean bloom, to express at the fullest.
I list loud some times but not to distort the sound.

 

[lovinthehd]

The angle of the speakers is called toe-in. Whatever you like best really.

So blossom is similar to the concept of "full potential" as is often thrown around? Depends on your use, try the spl calculator (and maybe reduce the sensitivity rating of your speakers by a few dB to be conservative). Are you getting distortion now at the louder levels you listen at?

Unfortunately you have chosen an avr without pre-outs, so you cannot add an external amplifier.

 

[Yohansen]

Thanks for your advice. I have a dB measure. How do I use it? I would be so happy to learn how because at high levels it overloads the small fairly living room we have. I’m thinking of a pre and power amp from Crell...I dont know, but maybe in the future. What do you think of the speakers and receiver that I own. I had on my mind Revel and NAD...but the wife police didn’t approve! LOL

 

[HTfreak2004]

Hi
I just purchased the Yamaha RX-V385 and Polk Audio RTI-A7 Speakers.
Is the Yamaha power enough to make the speakers blossom? or I need more amplification? What do you suggest?
Please feel free to advice.

Thank you

Since 1 watt at 1 meter is how they measure Speakers sensitivity and it’s based on a conservative system. 1 watt 90 db for example and reference is only 85 db in theatres and 75 db in a home that means you need one watt forever and ever

 

[Yohansen]

Thank you

 

[lovinthehd]

Since 1 watt at 1 meter is how they measure Speakers sensitivity and it’s based on a conservative system. 1 watt 90 db for example and reference is only 85 db in theatres and 75 db in a home that means you need one watt forever and ever

Actually sensitivity spec should be 2.83V at 1m (2.83V at 8 ohm is 1W, but at 4 ohm is 2W). Still, most of the time you're just using a few watts....

 

[HTfreak2004]

Actually sensitivity spec should be 2.83V at 1m (2.83V at 8 ohm is 1W, but at 4 ohm is 2W). Still, most of the time you're just using a few watts....

10-4

 

[lovinthehd]

Thanks for your advice. I have a dB measure. How do I use it? I would be so happy to learn how because at high levels it overloads the small fairly living room we have. I’m thinking of a pre and power amp from Crell...I dont know, but maybe in the future. What do you think of the speakers and receiver that I own. I had on my mind Revel and NAD...but the wife police didn’t approve! LOL

Follow the instructions in your avr for manual setting of distances/levels using the spl meter. Did you run YPAO? What do you mean overloads? Gets too loud or distorts audibly or ? Big jump from those Polks and your Yamaha to Krell and Revel. I wouldn't bother with Krell, but Revel sounds good, concentrating on speakers and your room (treatments) is where good audio is. NAD has never attracted me. Electronics play a relatively small part compared to speakers/room.

 

[markw]

Does it play cleanly at the levels at which you feel comfortable listening?

 

[Yohansen]

Oh yes, it plays very clear at normal levels...it’s me that I fell that I’m 39 years old and I crunk it up to 80% of the volume. Above that it becomes confused sound from the decibels.

 

[sterling shoote]

Sidebar: back in 1986 I purchased a passive 15 inch JBL B380 subwoofer. I powered it with a Sony 55es power amp which produced about 300 watts mono when bridged. This was not enough amplification as evidenced by clipping which made the speaker sound like a sledge hammer hitting a steel pylon. My need for more amp power was obvious so I replaced the 55es with an 80es which delivered about 560 watts to the speaker, solving the clipping problem. Later, reading the JBL manual, I discovered JBL recommended the speaker by powered by a 600 watt amp. The moral of this story is read your speaker manual to determine the speaker's amplification needs.

 

[Bucknekked]

Sidebar: back in 1986 I purchased a passive 15 inch JBL B380 subwoofer. I powered it with a Sony 55es power amp which produced about 300 watts mono when bridged. This was not enough amplification as evidenced by clipping which made the speaker sound like a sledge hammer hitting a steel pylon. My need for more amp power was obvious so I replaced the 55es with an 80es which delivered about 560 watts to the speaker, solving the clipping problem. Later, reading the JBL manual, I discovered JBL recommended the speaker by powered by a 600 watt amp. The moral of this story is read your speaker manual to determine the speaker's amplification needs.

RTFM. A wonderful sentiment. Adult males seem to be almost allergic to the idea however. There seems to be little an adult male won't do to avoid actually reading the manual first.

 

[Trell]

RTFM. A wonderful sentiment. Adult males seem to be almost allergic to the idea however. There seems to be little an adult male won't do to avoid actually reading the manual first.

You can also see on this forum that more than a few treads and posts could be answered by just reading the manual. That said, awfully many manuals are poorly written and not updated when needed (say, after a firmware change).

 

[Bucknekked]

You can also see on this forum that more than a few treads and posts could be answered by just reading the manual. That said, awfully many manuals are poorly written and not updated when needed (say, after a firmware change).

I shall add that to my ever increasing list of reasons to avoid RTFM................