Powering 2 cerwin vega cls15's

steve eh New member Username: Steve168 Post Number: 1 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 15:18 GMT I know I'm new (first post in fact) So I have a question for my Sister first off my sister just picked up a set of cerwin vega cls15's Frequency Response: 26 Hz - 20 kHz Peak Power: 400 watts Sensitivity (1w/1m): 94 dB now, she thought she could drive them with her old sony reciever (sorry i don't know the specs) its 100w/pc clearly thats not going to work I know from the little bit of reading I have done that Cerwin's are efficent... I also know they are more of a party head / banger speaker..which works out great for her :D she is basically looking for something to drive these speakers to a reasonable (maybe the odd unreasonable) level without distortion/clipping at a reasonable price. you guys are the experts, should she go with a power amp / receiver, ?? I'm really at a loss what to tell her, I'm not used to dealing with anything with that high a wattage rating any help would be great, i know there are a few cerwin fans out there :P Thanks Steve
Jan Vigne Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne Dallas, TX Post Number: 12161 Registered: May-04	Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 15:22 GMT . What won't the 100 watt Sony do that she wants done? https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/home-audio/437374.html
steve eh New member Username: Steve168 Post Number: 2 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 15:26 GMT Mostly it wont go past 1/4 volume without displaying "overload"
steve eh New member Username: Steve168 Post Number: 3 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 16:17 GMT thanks for the link to the other thread there, that is some good reading, the outlaw rr2150 gets a pretty nice review. she has been considering a Harman Kardon HK3485 http://www.harmankardon.com/specifications.aspx?Region=USA&Country=CA&Language=E NG&cat=REC&ser=&prod=HK%203485&sType=C any thoughts?
Jan Vigne Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne Dallas, TX Post Number: 12163 Registered: May-04	Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 16:59 GMT . It's a very nice receiver and, as the other thread suggests, HK should do well with CV's.
Nuck Gold Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 9813 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 13:09 GMT With a raring of 94db, those speakers should play awfully loud. If the Sony is shutting down, either the speakers a harder to drive than I remember, the sony is an awful POS, or there are wiring issues. I would double check the speakers terminations before jumping to equipment issues. Then ditch the Sony ASAP, LOL.
steve eh New member Username: Steve168 Post Number: 4 Registered: Jan-08	Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 13:57 GMT Well she bit the Bullet and ditched the POS Sony :P got the Harman Kardon HK3485, got a nice deal off ebay around 300$CAD, seems to be working nicely, I haven't witnessed it yet...geographic restrictions, but I did suggest her making a large Duct tape X across her nice front plate glass window, just from her talking about dishes moving in her cupboard. I'll keep posted on how she likes it after more than a week or so Thanks guys
Nuck Gold Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 9816 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 14:40 GMT I bet that setup rocks!

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