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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 60185" data-attributes="member: 34">Re: NEWBIE 4 ohm 500 speakers and 8 Ohm 1200 mixerFirst, I&#039;m going to say that the difference between 250 watts and 500 watts is only 3dB - probably not enough to notice unless you&#039;re doing a direct A/B comparison.That said, I&#039;ve found your problem:<img src="http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4650&amp;d=1346099401" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Essentially, you&#039;re only providing 130 watts to each of your speakers, and that&#039;s likely an overestimated figure. A speaker rated 500 watts RMS and 2000 peak is usually safely powered with an amp rated for about 1000 watts per channel (double RMS wattage). So if you could find an amp that does 1000/channel @4 ohms, you&#039;d definitely get a LOT more performance out of those speakers. The difference between 130 watts and 1000 watts is about 8.9dB, a very plainly audible increase.There should be plenty of cheap amps available, check the <a href="http://soundforums.net/marketplace/" target="_blank">Marketplace</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 60185, member: 34"] Re: NEWBIE 4 ohm 500 speakers and 8 Ohm 1200 mixer First, I'm going to say that the difference between 250 watts and 500 watts is only 3dB - probably not enough to notice unless you're doing a direct A/B comparison. That said, I've found your problem: [IMG]http://soundforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=4650&d=1346099401[/IMG] Essentially, you're only providing 130 watts to each of your speakers, and that's likely an overestimated figure. A speaker rated 500 watts RMS and 2000 peak is usually safely powered with an amp rated for about 1000 watts per channel (double RMS wattage). So if you could find an amp that does 1000/channel @4 ohms, you'd definitely get a LOT more performance out of those speakers. The difference between 130 watts and 1000 watts is about 8.9dB, a very plainly audible increase. There should be plenty of cheap amps available, check the [URL="http://soundforums.net/marketplace/"]Marketplace[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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