Chris,
Oh Wow! I looked up that Behringer A500, and found it here:
http://www.behringer.com/A500/index.cfm?lang=ENG
That looks really pretty. I just showed it to my wife, and said, hey honey, can I have this? She looks at it, what's that? Hehe, that's what I just asked her about her new embroidery machine... owell, to each their own hobby.
In any case, at least that explains what happens when you use a component that isn't spec'd for a certain job. I was just curious. I am still learning about this stuff. I've really only been into this hobby for just less than a year, and had my components for about 6 months. So I am still trying to gain an education on it.
So, let's say that the speaker I am looking at, the
Mosaic, has a nominal load of 5 ohms, and power handling of up to 175 watts. Does this mean that I cannot use any amp with more power than 175 watts, or does that just mean that the amp will deliver the amount of power that the speaker can handle? That is something I am a bit confused about. So let's say that this Behringer can put out up to 230 wpc into 4 ohms. So does that mean LESS wpc when the ohms are more? Would that be 115 wpc on an 8 ohm load? So then how many wpc for a 5 ohm load? What is the math here?
As for amplifiers then that could handle that kind of load, what other brands out there can handle a pair of 5 ohm ML's? I like the price of that Behringer. Is it one of the better brands out there? I have not heard much about it yet, I guess I need to read up on it some more. Probably also need to find one to listen to. I looked up the dealers, and luckily there is one just down the street! Wahoo! I guess that's my next stop. Hmm, that's right next door to the sewing store my wife goes to... Hmm...
-capT