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In Reply to: Can I get by with 2 watts? posted by catbert242000@yahoo.com on December 9, 2021 at 12:43:14:
Since you're not running the MP301MK3 flat out, you're already doing well with much less than its rated output.
FWIW, I've lived with a ~2W (probably slightly less - Bottlehead SEX Amp) amp for quite some time, and I've never felt it insufficient. I've run it through a pair of TQWT's w/ 5.5" single drivers (RS 40-1354's) and a pair of Bottlehead Straight 8's. Both had enough volume to fill the room, if not drive you out of the room (usually about 10 x 12 room or so). Not sure of the efficiency of the TQWT's, but the S8's are pretty sensitive.
I did, one time, feel the SEX Amp was running out of gas, but that was driving a pair of AKG K-1000 headphones - I thought I could detect some distortion at high volume levels, though for normal listening it was also quite adequate.
I've yet to try it with speakers I knew were very inefficient, so I can't comment on that. My benchmark for grossly inefficient watt-whores left the lab when I ditched the Speakerlab Super 7's long ago.
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