|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
68.6.222.217
In Reply to: RE: Rotel RB-1582MKII Amp posted by Braxus on February 13, 2017 at 12:38:54
I owned the RB-1070 of maybe 125 or 135 per side into 8 and found it incapable of properly driving my panels.
In looking thru the specs prior to my selling it (owned for <6 months) I found NO mention of 4ohm power. Though Rotel did rate the amp for 'bridged' into 8 ohms.
Ideally, bridged power should represent 4 ohm per channel power but the 'bump' from 8 ohm was minimal. I think bridged power was 330 watts?
Sorry, not for me.
Had I bought the upline RB-1090 with lots more power? Maybe that was the keeper?
Too much is never enough
Follow Ups:
I think you needed to go back a generation to the 991 series to get a 4 ohm rating.It wasn't significant a 200 watt/8 ohm to 300 watt/4 ohms it had something. Besides my Vandersteens were happy with a 40 watt tube amp if tubes were your thing so a 4 ohm rating hardly mattered.
Yes, I clearly bought the wrong amp for my easy load, BUT very low sensitivity and 4ohm panels.
With something over 87 or 88db? And a reasonable 8ohm with moderate phase? The '1070 probably would have been OK.
Too much is never enough
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: