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|   Help me, I'm lost with the lingo | gr0bda
Aug 20, 2002 12:48 PM | | I just bought a pair of speakers Cerwin-Vega E-712, and I can't figure out what receiver or amp or whatever I need. What to look for. Speakers are 300W 8ohms. When I read reviews people were suggesting receiver with at least 100 W RMS! What's that!? Why 100 and not 300? Then I see something like 120 W x 2 min. RMS (what's [x 2 min.!?!?!].) Do I have to bridge spakers to achieve max output? But then next line is 100 W x 5 min. RMS (5 speakers?) How 300W relates to say 300W RMS? What's: "...with no more than 0.8% THD"!?
I was trying to find some glossary, but even then it seems as it's targeted at people with minimal knowledge, which I lack. And I just can't seem to find a page with info for absolute newbies.
Thx for any help (the more detailed, the better.) Or you can just post links to web pages with easy to understand explanations. |
| re: Help me, I'm lost with the lingo | Soundman
Aug 20, 2002 6:54 PM | | http://sound.westhost.com/amp-basics.htm |
| re: great web page | ebes67
Aug 21, 2002 8:53 AM | | reminds me of the electronics class i slept through in college, only this time around it's interesting! |
| LOL I tried to delete my post to you, but it went anyway! | Soundman
Aug 21, 2002 7:52 PM | | I thought I could find something more to your liking and decided to delete this web page, but evidently, my PC did not. |
| re: Help me, I'm lost with the lingo | 9ball
Aug 20, 2002 11:28 PM | | First of all, when speakers give a power rating, that's how much they can handle. It doesn't really have much to do with anything and audio newcomers often place WAY too much emphasis on this number, especially when it comes to car audio. Second, don't be fooled by cheap amplifiers with inflated power ratings. Go for a good quality name when buying a receiver. A sony or a pioneer won't give nearly as supported of a sound as a Denon or Marantz receiver. A Denon rated at 80w per channel will sound much nicer than a sony rated at 120w per channel. THD stands for total harmonic distortion. It's a percentage of how much of the signal is distortion at a given output level. The lower the number the better. A decent receiver shouldn't be any more than .08% THD @ 8ohms. If you want, make another post on here saying how much you can spend and we can tell you what to buy and when you get it we can help you set it up. |
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