sets and speakers

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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

I was contemplating a set amp to go with my speakers (focal utopia micros and I already have an old audion parrallel 300b)I was considering moving to a conventional single 300b per channel. some people have indicated that this can work since I dont listen to loud music. something I dont understand is the sensitivity /effeciency ratings of speakers which dont appear to be an effective measure of how easy they would be to drive. for example the grande utopia micros have an efficency of (2,8V/1 m) 92dB and my micros are 89db. but no one would consider driveing them with a 300b set.what am I missing. do they measure seakers at only a single frequency ie 1k hertz
thank you for your help

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Topic - sets and speakers - mayanitis 07:39:02 02/17/07 (5)

If you don't listen loud, 6-8 W is more than enough - sser2 15:52:26 02/17/07 (0)

Re: sets and speakers - Duke 11:08:51 02/17/07 (3)

re: Sensitivity and Efficiency - mhardy6647 12:51:16 02/17/07 (2)

Sensitivity and Efficiency - not interchangeable terms (also anti-voltage rant) - Duke 14:20:05 02/17/07 (0)

some scoop on S and E - mhardy6647 12:54:03 02/17/07 (0)

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