200 wpc Club

[stereo_luver]

Since I see all the razzing about the 200 wpc Club I figured we could see who qualifies and who is on the threshold. I made it at home and on the road too. I'm not going to go into what all is in the storage bedroom. Only what is currently in use in an active rig.

Home Rig:
Parasound HCA 2200II @ 250 wpc x 2

The Ride:
Memphis Audio - 16-MCH1300 @ 230 wpc x 2 & 600 wpc x 1
for the front Hertz HSK's Mid Bass & Subs

Memphis Audio - 16-MCA3004 @ 230 wpc x 2
for the front Hertz HSK's Tweeters

[PolkWannabie]

Mains have 1.4 kwpc ... 400 each to the stereo and sda arrays and 600 to the sub.

[zingo]

4.1TLs get Carver PM1201 @ 450 wpc

DIY NHT 3.3 subwoofers get Audiometric AM441 @ 250 wpc

[AdamRagland]

mains: Adcom 250WPC
center: 600w from adcom bridged

[Early B.]

When cfrizz talks, I listen. That's why I plan to join this elite club very soon.

[treitz3]

Damnit Chuck, now I have to think and that's not my strong suit.

I "think" I have 1525 total available as I type. This is subject to what's in the rig at the time. I've had 3400, I've had 285. Yes, I have been over the 200 club for quite some time now....

Not that it matters.

[ben62670]

400 wpc stereo array
400 wpc dimensional array
325 wpc tweeter array
2250 watts rms total:D
All Adcom

[jdhdiggs]

Been there, done that, went back to what sounds good. Still have enough amps around here to be pushing 2,440W to my 2 channel rig. Add 900W to that and you'd have my 7 channel max.

2 Channel Sounds better at 410W total. Higher power isn't always better, have fun kids.

[amulford]

3 Horsepower

[engtaz]

Adcom 200w X 2
Carver 250w,375w,350w,350w all X 2

Denon 125w X 7 week

All @ 8ohm values

engtaz

[treitz3]

Higher power isn't always better....

Ding, ding, ding......survey says.............#1 answer!!!

[tcrossma]

350wpc @ 4 ohm bi-amped pushing my LSi15's and lovin' it.

[heiney9]

Pssst........Pssst......Pssst......

I'll let you in on a little secret. You don't need 200 wpc

My next amp will be 30wpc!! GASP and it will be solid state.


Oooooooh.......ahhhhhhh............oooooooh....... .ahhhhhhhhhh. GASP

H9

[joeparaski]

Hi power is not always better....but what the heck, I admit, I am a power junkie.

100 wpc center
250 wpc side surround
250 wpc rear surround
250 wpc sub pair
500 wpc front mains
450 wpc 2nd pair of front mains
3600 watts rms at 8 ohms total

Joe

[Poee7R]

2 x 555II's in the house.

Yet I listen to my 50watt tube hybrid integrated for about 95% of my listening. It replaced a tube pre + 555II in my 2ch setup.

Only time the big boys are used are in my HT, and for live concert dvds.


Dave

[John in MA]

My main rig is a Phase Linear 400 (200WPC) driving SDA-SRS 1.2TLs. I also have a mammoth Heathkit AA-1640 (200WPC) waiting for me to fix the thing, and an Adcom GFA-1 (another 200) I haven't found a use for. I'd like to get a McIntosh MC2205 or 2300.

Power requirements depend on the speaker. Higher power by itself is not a virture, but when needed it's nice to have. Considering that I can get my PL400's meters up to 125+WPC without much trouble (and easily 200 when I was driving McInotsh speakers) I'd say that for my situation there's nothing overkill about 200 watts and up.

Of course, if I had a set of Klipschorns I'd probably be running a nifty 20WPC tube amp.

[mulveling]

I'm currently a zero short of being a part of this club

I've previously owned an 800 Watts/ch amp (into 4 ohms; my speakers at the time), and a 1200 Watts/ch amp before that. I suppose if you average it out over time I'd still be above 200 Watts!

[billbillw]

Well, I was a happy member of the 200+ club until I sold Chuck my HCA-2200ii (see 1st post).

But hey, according to some of the bench tests done on my Onkyo SR805, it can push something like 270wpc into 2 channels at 4ohms each for a limited time :) It can hit the peaks, that's for sure.

It also made my Mirage M3 sing pretty good when I auditioned them for the eventual buyer. He kept raising the volume until I thought the Onkyo was going to shutdown, but it didn't, it kept on sounding great.

My next time around, I'm going to get more efficient speakers and run them with cleaner low power amps like Heiney is talking.

[petrym]

3 Horsepower

2238 watts. :)

[ohskigod]

AR9's get biamped by 2 haffler 500's 4 ohm load, so I suppose its 500X2 to the woofs and 500x2 to the rest.

its not about the power in this case, its each amp not working as hard to drive the 9's. it made it cleaner especially at higher volumes.

its a silly amount of power to be sure, but I have had 40 watt per channel rigs sound sweet to. its all about application.

hell, the little Ipod amp I got from george sounds surprisingly good on my Rogers, and thats a whopping 10 wpc or so


theater is well above 200 wpc I suppose

[ohskigod]

My next time around, I'm going to get more efficient speakers and run them with cleaner low power amps like Heiney is talking.

there ya go. thats a route all good audio enthusiasts have to try in their lives

[venomclan]

When cfrizz talks, I listen. That's why I plan to join this elite club very soon.

LOL, wow I had to catch my breath on that one. Woo Hoo :D

And solid state is for losers, so I don't run any.
Butler TBD2250 - Tube/SS Hybrid
PS Audio Trio - ICE Power

Bitches. :)

[AndyGwis]

300 wpc into my 4 ohm Thiel's. Sounds pretty decent.

[treitz3]

Cathy's gonna love this thread, no? :D

[nms]

approx. 400 WPC from a Carver PM-350. Rated for 350 WPC @ 8 ohm, 450 WPC @ 4 ohm, and since my speaks are about 6 ohm, I'm guessing about 400 WPC.

And damn, does it sound good. :D

[wizzy]

I just plug my speakers directly into the wall on a 15 amp breaker. One breaker for each speaker.

3600 watts continuous baby!

[Ricardo]

120 WPC. Don't need any more.

[John in MA]

I just plug my speakers directly into the wall on a 15 amp breaker. One breaker for each speaker.

3600 watts continuous baby!

McIntosh used to demo the ML-4C speakers that way. Plug each one directly into the outlet and listen to the 60Hz signal.

[dkg999]

Hmmmm, I watched (more like heard) this mega-watt Sunfire amp get it's butt whipped by a meagerly 120 wpc amp :p

385 wpc on the 2 ch rig with the Magnepans.

[rskarvan]

Krell KAV 250 A here.
250 Watts in 8 ohms.
500 Watts in 4 ohms.
1000 Watts in 2 ohms.

My Thiels are 4 ohm speakers (give or take). So, that would put me at 500 WPC.
Ample... but, I'm sure they'd sound better with Krell FPB power. Someday....