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Over on diyAudio I posted a test that will allow you to figure out how much power you actually need. It's pretty simple if you have a volt meter with a 20V AC scale.
FWIW, I use about 1/8th watt average when playing loud. At the very loudest volumes I ever use I got 4.5W peak. That's it. YMMV
I can post the test here along with instructions, if anyone is interested. It's easy to do.
PLEASE post that Pano!! I would be very interested in seeing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Panomaniac
If there is one thing I ever had a hard time explaining to people, its how few watts they actually need with their VOTT's.
One more thing Pano...
I just checked all my VOMS including a Simpson 260 and none have a 20v scale.
The 260 has:
2.5
10
50
500
I dont recall ever seeing one with a 20v scale.
Note to Russ:
You can see how many watts you are using.
Your G-9000 has power meters. Says WATTS (8Ω) PEAK
You want to read the top scale. It starts at 0 and then .1 (one tenth of a watt), then 1 watt, then 10 watts and goes on.
Anything over 3 watts with those 19's should be ABUSIVE. :biggrin2:
OK Nipper, I'll start a thread with the test and the test tone.
Your 10V AC scale will be fine. Most modern DVMs do a 20V AC scale. It's just that the cheaper ones usually don't have a low voltage scale for AC. As the voltage will be low, the low scale is needed for accuracy.
"Most modern DVM's"....?!?! Was that a dig? I LIKE MY 260!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Panomaniac
Then I was thinking "DVM"???.... Hmmmmmmmmm. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine? Nah.
I had to look that up.
In my days we called em VOM's.
OMG!!!!... I'm a dinosaur. :redface2:
Good grief... I'm changing my name to Barney since Old Guy is taken.
Sheesh, me and my old speakers and meters. Maybe I'm the one who needs a tube amp. :biggrin2:
I have a vacuum tube VOM meter on the shelf. It's nice too look at but I prefer my DVMs, some of which are 20 years old, or more. Nothing wrong with the 260, as long as it works!
So that explains why my 150 wpc Crown DC300A never got even luke warm, even at ear shattering volume with my A7's?
Probably does. If you need to light up a stadium with your A7s, then your Crown would be getting a work out.
Thanks, Panomaniac, When I found my A7's back in '76, down the street from my house, they probably had been sitting at that shop for at least 5-6 years. I bought them for about the price of a pair of JBL 100's . Thank God, when I mentioned it to people that new, they steered this naive stupid kid to equipment that rocked! I have been a graced non-believing man.