Home Theatre Amplifier
Can using home theatre speakers on a different amplifier cause any damage?
About 2 years ago I bought a gorgeous SONY home theatre system, sadly the amplifier was damaged, and I stored away the speakers.
Now a friend of mine is willing to sell me his newer, but very similar model sony amplifier (different model) which has the same connection ports as my old one.
Now note that the speakers on his new newer system are relatively more powerful than my 2 year old speakers. If I connect my old speakers to his amplifier, could there be a risk of either of them getting damaged due to different level of sound wattage, etc.?
I wouldn’t want to connect my old speakers that have less wattage, turn up the volume and hear them explode or just die. Could that happen?
I doubt there will be any risk at normal volume levels (LOUD but not LOUD!!!!!!) Digital sources add very little harmonic distortion to audio signals, which means there is little risk to your speakers.
Check in the manual for impedance ratings on the receiver and the speakers. This is listed with the wattage ratings. On the receiver there will be a rating of, for example, 100 watts per channel @ 8 ohms. The impedence is the ohms measurement.
Then check what the impedence is on the speakers.
Here’s where it gets a little tricky. An amp (or receiver) sends out an audio signal at varying ohm levels depending on the sound it is amplifying. Wattage changes at these varying levels and increases the lower the ohm rating. That means that an impedance of 100w at 8 ohms means that the amp could put out peak signals (such as an explosion in a movie) of 400+ watts at 2 ohms impedance. Every amp/receiver does this. But differnt brands of amp/receivers use different ohm ratings to give their specifications (eg Marantz may rate their wattage at 8 ohms and Pioneer might rate their wattage at 2 ohms).
In short, if your speakers are rated for 75 watts at 8 ohms they should easily handle an amplifier that is rated at 150 watts per channel at 8 ohms, 300 watts per channel at 4 ohms and 500+ watts per channel at 2 ohms, as long as you don’t regularly drive the speakers for long periods at greater than 1/2 max volume.
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