some speakers that are
this design showed up locally for a nice price. i thought what the hell, i'll give them a shot.
they're hooked up to my existing amps and they sound nice and warm, very real and image well.
a friend is planning to buy my previous speakers but he wants my preamp and power amp too, no big deal, they're nothing too special.
so i'm getting very tempted with all the decware amps and preamps i've seen for sale used lately.
i have one concern, the speakers i
think are 8 ohm impedance (the tweeter is 4 ohm but is has 1ohm resistor in series and a 16 ohm resistor in parallel).
will something like an se84c-s drive those speakers to adequate listening levels?
what about if i run it direct?
a preamp would yield a little more volume as well right?
the neighbors don't need to hear it when they are in their house but i do like to have a nice amount of volume.
i've read where people say 1.8 watts (bottlehead paramourII) is enough for 85db average with 95db peaks and i've read where others have said they needed more like 10 watts in a small bedroom. am i just gonna have to go for it and see for myself???
the room is 15x25x9, hard wood floors walls and ceilings, large thick rug on floor in front of speakers.