AVS › AVS Forum › Audio › Receivers, Amps, and Processors › Would an amplifier be needed if I were to power floorstanders?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Would an amplifier be needed if I were to power floorstanders?

post #1 of 7
7/17/12 at 5:34pm
Thread Starter 
I know they take more power to drive and use than bookshelves, so would an amplifier more or less be required to drive floorstanders to ensure they aren't being underpowered (which I heard can cause damage to the speaker's tweeters and circuitry)?

If so, what's a good budget one (new or used)?
Reply
Reply

AVS Top Picks

post #2 of 7
7/17/12 at 5:37pm
What speakers are you looking at and what Receiver or AVR are you using or going to buy? How big is the room?

Odds are you would be fine driving floor standers with an AVR.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 7
7/17/12 at 5:50pm
Floorstanding speakers aren't any big thing to power. A watt or two to make sound and maybe five or ten watts to make it all happen. So no, you don't need a separate Amp to drive your floor standing speakers and an AVR will do you fine.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 7
7/17/12 at 6:13pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by BestInTheWorld View Post

I know they take more power to drive and use than bookshelves, so would an amplifier more or less be required to drive floorstanders to ensure they aren't being underpowered (which I heard can cause damage to the speaker's tweeters and circuitry)?
If so, what's a good budget one (new or used)?

For the target floor-standing loudspeakers you are thinking about..
Check out their specs for impedance and sensitivity, if 4 Ohms and < 87dB you will need a reasonable amount of power output. Also before purchasing you better go listen as each brand/model of loudspeakers can sound differently...

Just my $0.02... wink.gif
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 7
7/17/12 at 6:40pm
all other things being equal (which they never are), generally speaking, the smaller the cabinet, the harder the speaker is to drive...
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 7
7/17/12 at 7:27pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ccotenj View Post

all other things being equal (which they never are), generally speaking, the smaller the cabinet, the harder the speaker is to drive...

Beyond cabinet size..
Enclosure type be it sealed or ported..
Makes a big difference, for the amount of power required for a reasonable SPL....

Just my $0.02.. wink.gif
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 7
7/17/12 at 8:08pm
Thread Starter 
The speakers I had in mind were the Paradigm Studio 60v5s or the Focal Chorus 816Vs, paired with either an actual surround speaker in either series, or their respective bookshelves from their corresponding series. Oh, and their respective center channel as well, BUT no subwoofer as of yet

I already have a receiver I bought last week, but can return it within maybe like 8 days from today. It's the HK AVR 1650. It's 95 watts per channel; 5.1.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Receivers, Amps, and Processors

AVS Top Picks

AVS › AVS Forum › Audio › Receivers, Amps, and Processors › Would an amplifier be needed if I were to power floorstanders?