I've always correlated WPC with the overall ability to get loud. More watts...more boom. Right?
I've heard things like double the power, gain 3db. 10 times the power doubles the perceived loudness. yada yada.
I've also heard people driving large speakers with tiny 25 WPC amps. I've seen people post comments about you're not going to get the full effect if you don't drive them with Xhundred watts per channel.
I always thought that the receiver/amp was only using enough power to generate the desired volume level. So wouldn't a 25 or 50 watt amp drive the speakers the same at normal listening levels as a 200 watt amp driving at the same dB level?
In other words, at a low volume level, what difference does it make between 25 total watts and 200?
(This question is completely barring the fudging factor by certain manufacturers. I mean when they state 100 watts per channel, but don't mean when all channels driven, so you may only be getting 30 or 40.)
I've heard things like double the power, gain 3db. 10 times the power doubles the perceived loudness. yada yada.
I've also heard people driving large speakers with tiny 25 WPC amps. I've seen people post comments about you're not going to get the full effect if you don't drive them with Xhundred watts per channel.
I always thought that the receiver/amp was only using enough power to generate the desired volume level. So wouldn't a 25 or 50 watt amp drive the speakers the same at normal listening levels as a 200 watt amp driving at the same dB level?
In other words, at a low volume level, what difference does it make between 25 total watts and 200?
(This question is completely barring the fudging factor by certain manufacturers. I mean when they state 100 watts per channel, but don't mean when all channels driven, so you may only be getting 30 or 40.)
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