The basics question is, how many watts per channel would be best for a pair of outdoor speakers.
To be specific, I have a pair of Definitive Technology AW 6500's. The listed specs are as follows:
Recommended associated amplification power -- 10 to 200 watts peer channel;
Impedance -- 4 to 8 ohms;
Sensitivity -- 92 dB.
At the high volume needed to listen to these outdoor, up to 20 feet away, won't these sound considerably better with an amp that supplies 200 watts / channel than with an amp that supplies "only 120" (e.g. the HK 3490)?
If I can ask a further question (have I lost you yet?), consider that I also want a 2 channel amp to power multi-room audio. I won't typically need multiple rooms going at the same time (it would suffice to turn everything else off while the outdoor speakers are playing) but I will need to install impedance matching volume controls and won't this further reduce the power available to the outdoor speakers? Is there some way that I can power the multi-room audio with the same amp as the outdoor speakers?
Thanks, Bob
To be specific, I have a pair of Definitive Technology AW 6500's. The listed specs are as follows:
Recommended associated amplification power -- 10 to 200 watts peer channel;
Impedance -- 4 to 8 ohms;
Sensitivity -- 92 dB.
At the high volume needed to listen to these outdoor, up to 20 feet away, won't these sound considerably better with an amp that supplies 200 watts / channel than with an amp that supplies "only 120" (e.g. the HK 3490)?
If I can ask a further question (have I lost you yet?), consider that I also want a 2 channel amp to power multi-room audio. I won't typically need multiple rooms going at the same time (it would suffice to turn everything else off while the outdoor speakers are playing) but I will need to install impedance matching volume controls and won't this further reduce the power available to the outdoor speakers? Is there some way that I can power the multi-room audio with the same amp as the outdoor speakers?
Thanks, Bob