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BoomieMCT wrote:
 Please note I'm not saying you need 500 watts / channel. That was a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation for one speaker. If you had two in the above example you'd only need 125 watts/channel. I'm not sure if the 105dB "reference level" peak has to be generated by each speaker or all the speakers in the system together.
Can someone else verify that what I'm saying is true? |
I believe this level needs to be met by each channel individually.
On a side note, if cost is an important factor, or you can't get reference levels from your design/driver selection, keep in mind that 105dB is actually quite loud. Most people do not listen to music or watch movies with their system turned to reference level. Having it peak at reference simply gives you the headroom you need for movies with bigger sonic dynamics. As for music, these days most recordings are so compressed that headroom is almost non-essential.
Good luck.