McKinley
Prominent Member
Okay so I'm going to buy a new amp in the next few weeks. However, I'm uncertain of how much power I need - and to a degree therefore how much money I need to spend.
I'm going to be using a sub/sat system like the Canton QX150, which can be driven up to 100w each. My room is a 13'x14' lounge so space is relatively limited - no big speakers here. Also I'm not going to move house anytime soon, so no need to future proof.
My current Pioneer 5.1 amp is only rated at 150w (therefore max 30 per channel) and goes plenty loud enough. So I would assume a Sony DG820 at 230w total (45w per channel) would be ample for the Cantons.
Can someone please offer any advice - do I need more power, or is that only required for big speakers? The other amp I was looking at was the Yamaha 763 or Sony 2400 but they've loads of power and it struck me (possibly) as overkill?
I'm going to be using a sub/sat system like the Canton QX150, which can be driven up to 100w each. My room is a 13'x14' lounge so space is relatively limited - no big speakers here. Also I'm not going to move house anytime soon, so no need to future proof.
My current Pioneer 5.1 amp is only rated at 150w (therefore max 30 per channel) and goes plenty loud enough. So I would assume a Sony DG820 at 230w total (45w per channel) would be ample for the Cantons.
Can someone please offer any advice - do I need more power, or is that only required for big speakers? The other amp I was looking at was the Yamaha 763 or Sony 2400 but they've loads of power and it struck me (possibly) as overkill?