Okay so i've seen lots of videos about this stuff by now but it's still a little confusing, or there's 1 thing im thinking about right now and thats the wattage required or rms on the receiver i guess.
I currently have a Klipsch RP-504c that i bought off a friend when he was moving and it says that one requires 150w continuous power, then i plan on buying 2x RP-600m later on as front L/R and then probably another pair as back L/R and those require 100w cont. each if im not mistaken?
That's 150w+400w so 550w overall and it says this Yamaha can only do 110w with 2 channels driven? There's no way i'd be able to run that with this receiver or am i confusing myself?
Basically what im asking is would a mix of these work without issues, is the receiver powerful enough to power all of this or do i need something extra too?
First of all, welcome to Audioholics
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Yes, you are confused about those speaker power ratings. Klipsch gives two numbers,
Sensitivity and
Power Handling among other speaker ratings. Sensitivity is a measure of how loud the speaker is when fed a 1 Watt signal with a measuring microphone 1 meter away. And Power Handling is how much power the speaker can handle without overheating and failing. Don't confuse power handling with power requirement – they are not at all the same.
The
RP-504C speaker it is rated with a Sensitivity of 97 dB, and rated as handling 150W continuous or 600W power for brief peaks. 97 dB is very loud, even if Klipsch is exaggerating that value. You'll probably sit farther away than 1 meter, but a small amount of continuous power will drive these speakers quite loud.
The
RP-600M speakers, have a sensitivity of 96 dB and power handling of 100W / 400W. Same comments go for these speakers as for the center speaker.
Either of those two AVRs you mention should be easily able to drive all the speakers you're thinking of getting. It's not nearly as bad as you had thought
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