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[Decado 10+ year member]

Ok, so i have a pioneer vsx-d466s reciever 5x100 watt system, and 2 klh v5001 speakers (325 watt max, 12" woofer, 12"passive radiator, 5.25"mid, 7/8"tweeter) and i was wondering if there would be any way to amplify the power to those speakers until i can afford a better preamp, amp, etc; maybe just a cheap 300 watt per channel amp or something that i can hook up through the stereo with the speaker connections. If anyone has any ideas can they get back to me please? Thx.

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[creater 10+ year member]

buy a cheap plate amp from PE...or a used amp off of ebay...or just hook up a car amp there

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

how do i hook up a car amp there, and how do i get the ohms right?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I'm not sure I understand your question.

You said you already have a 5-channel receiver - do you mean you're looking to increase the power over that? There really isn't a good way to do that short of upgrading the receiver itself.

Honestly, going with higher efficiency speakers might be a better choice.

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

Ya, i'm just lookin for a cheap way to up the power until i can afford some good speakers, uhh, i guess the car amp would be pretty stupid because it wouldnt work getting the ohms right, but with the plate amp how would i hook that up? just (for example with the right speaker) hook the right channel wire into the hi level input on the plate amplifier and hook the speaker up with the wires on the side of the amp you would normally hook you're subwoofer up to, then just dont hook anything up to the high level output?

 

[creater 10+ year member]

you are confusing me...maybe its because its late...but it sounds rite...

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

Hehe, ok to be less confusing, can you tell me how i would hook my speakers up to plate amps (1 amp per speaker so i can get stereo still).

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I still wouldn't do it.

Unless you're getting a hell of a deal, you're still going to spend $100 each for the plate amps, so that puts you in the range of a new receiver - which will allow you to do the job without resorting to ghetto-rigging it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

you can get recievers that send 300+ watts to each channel?

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

you can get recievers that send 300+ watts to each channel?

The quick answer is 'Yes.'

However, probably not in a $2-300 price point.

Are you not caring for the sound of the speakers you have being driven by 100 watts? That's the same output as my Technics receiver ~ with its sub channel driving a pair of 10s (with only 50w/each) and it sounds fine. What exactly are you trying to gain by upping the available power?

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

Uhh, louder sound i guess, but by the way you guys make it sound i might as well wait and get some better speakers and buy some subs. What do most people do, get bookshelf speakers and a subwoofer or what?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What exactly are you trying to gain by upping the available power?

Because people don't like the lower power/higher efficiency speaker route for some reason //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

My advice? Get a receiver that does a solid 100+ watts unclipped per channel, and speakers that are 90-92dB/W efficient. If that's truly not loud enough for you, it's time to move to pro audio amplifiers like QSC or Crown.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What do most people do, get bookshelf speakers and a subwoofer or what?

Yes.

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

6.5" woofer and 4" tweeter on the bookshelves? And coupled with the subs will this sound better than if i had a 12" woofer, 6.5" mid, and a tweeter?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

4" tweet? Using horns, I take it?

Two way systems have less to go wrong, so in that regard they're easier to work with...but three way systems can sound very good.