100W reciver -> how big speakers can i have?

[JSKN002]

Hi!
I´ve build a receiver. It is a 2*100WRMS.

My question is, can i play a Proson Stadium 10 (v.2)? They got a maximum wattage of 350W. or will this speakers be to heavy to play for my reciever??

//SWEDEN

 

[zhimbo]

Hi!
I´ve build a receiver. It is a 2*100WRMS.

My question is, can i play a Proson Stadium 10 (v.2)? They got a maximum wattage of 350W. or will this speakers be to heavy to play for my reciever??

//SWEDEN

The maximum wattage for the speaker isn't really the important thing.
I can't find an English description, but their sensitivity appears to be fairly high:

Känslighet: 92 dB

http://www.proson.se/index.php3?pageid=185

Which means they should play quite loudly with even moderate amplification.

There may be other reasons for more robust amplification, but without further information on the receiver or these speakers, that's all I can say.

 

[GranteedEV]

Hi. As it is now, you haven't provided us with enough information to make a judgement.

First of all, when you say you built a receiver, do you mean you made it yourself?

Whatever the case, you need some more information about the receiver.

If it puts 100 watts out at 8 ohms, how many watts does it output at 4 ohms? Is it even stable into a 4 ohm load?

Taking a look at your speakers they look like they may have some unwieldy behaviour. Try hooking it up and see. Underpowering a pair of speakers doesn't really do much, as long as you're not driving the amp into clipping with loud listening volumes.

I would however probably pair them with a dedicated amplifier eventually for maximum fidelity. Perhaps check your local audio classifieds for a Quad 909.

 

[jeannot]

Hi!
I´ve build a receiver. It is a 2*100WRMS.

My question is, can i play a Proson Stadium 10 (v.2)? They got a maximum wattage of 350W. or will this speakers be to heavy to play for my reciever??

//SWEDEN

The ease with which speakers can be driven, their max power handling and their sensitivity are not always related. To complicate things further, some 100W amplifiers can drive difficult speakers easily, while other 100W amplifiers will struggle. As far as power handling, I have 60W speakers that will take (clean) peaks of 150W, and I know a 100W amplifier in heavy clipping can blow 350W speakers.

So, be careful with the answers you will get, except from someone with a receiver like yours, speakers like yours and similar size room.

 

[KEW]

Hi!
I´ve build a receiver. It is a 2*100WRMS.

My question is, can i play a Proson Stadium 10 (v.2)? They got a maximum wattage of 350W. or will this speakers be to heavy to play for my reciever??

//SWEDEN

To give you a good answer, we would ideally need:

1) Graph of Speaker impedance (which is typically only available if a magazine does a review which includes comprehensive lab testing). This combined with the efficiency rating lets us know how big (or complex) of a load the speakers provide.

2) How large your room is and how loud you listen to music. Generally we can assume normal conditions, but if your room and operation conditions are unusual, let us know.

3) How rigorous is your receiver? Do you have links to a detailed description? If you can provide the VAC rating of the transformer and describe the capacitors (quantity of capacitors and uF ratings) used for secondary capacitance, that will give us a decent sense of it, but if you have test results at various impedance levels, that would be best.

 

[PENG]

I suggest to be on the safe side when you first hook it up go easy on the volume. Play some music that gives you a steady sound level such as rock or jazz. Turn the volume up slowly to the point you can hear the slightest sign of distortion then back off so you no longer hear distortion. That would be the volume position you should not exceed if you don't want to risk damaging the mid and high frequency drivers.

Those speakers seem sensitive enough to play loud but they are also specified as 4 ohm speakers so if you want to get good performance especially in mid bass and low frequencies out of them, you do need an amplifier that is rated for say 200W into 8 ohms and 300 to 350W into 4 ohms.