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<blockquote data-quote="Doxquzme" data-source="post: 8864298" data-attributes="member: 689267"><p>Loud is loud, that is all. I'm not a fan of PA/pro style drivers that hit those 90db+ numbers. In the price range that I think you are considering, you get one or the other very few even moderately priced speakers give you efficiency, large bandwidth and high power capability. One of the only drivers that really do loud that is reasonable, that I'm familiar with is the Stevens drivers, very loud, very good sound too. Generally speaking, at 9db more, the ear perceives a doubling of the volume. In order to get a 9db gain through amplification, you need to go from 100 x 4 watts to 800 watts x4 to realise a 9db increase. Each time you double the output of the amplifiers power. it nets you 3db. Knowing this, high efficiency drivers are usually not able to handle the same power at the same frequencies as wider-band drivers, it's all a tradeoff. let's assume that you are going to get a 4x125 watt amplifier. If you are going to get a set of speakers you think you are going to like, and it comes in both 2 ohm and 4 ohm variants (and the amplifier is 2 ohm stable), great, but not the deciding factor in getting that particualr set, IMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doxquzme, post: 8864298, member: 689267"] Loud is loud, that is all. I'm not a fan of PA/pro style drivers that hit those 90db+ numbers. In the price range that I think you are considering, you get one or the other very few even moderately priced speakers give you efficiency, large bandwidth and high power capability. One of the only drivers that really do loud that is reasonable, that I'm familiar with is the Stevens drivers, very loud, very good sound too. Generally speaking, at 9db more, the ear perceives a doubling of the volume. In order to get a 9db gain through amplification, you need to go from 100 x 4 watts to 800 watts x4 to realise a 9db increase. Each time you double the output of the amplifiers power. it nets you 3db. Knowing this, high efficiency drivers are usually not able to handle the same power at the same frequencies as wider-band drivers, it's all a tradeoff. let's assume that you are going to get a 4x125 watt amplifier. If you are going to get a set of speakers you think you are going to like, and it comes in both 2 ohm and 4 ohm variants (and the amplifier is 2 ohm stable), great, but not the deciding factor in getting that particualr set, IMHO. [/QUOTE]
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