This is a 210 watt receiver. How much watts/power/sound will I get if 4-150 watt speakers, 2-200 watt speakers and 2-475 watt subwoofers are hooked up to this receiver? Will I destroy anything or should I buy a higher wattage receiver?
1727945
This receiver is listed at outputting 145W per speaker ( http://store.sony.com/7.2-channel-4k-a-v-receiver-zid27-STRDH740/cat-27-catid-All-Speakers-and-Stereo-Components) and so will not cause your speakers to fry. The sub outs are pre-amp signals, so your subwoofers need to be self powered. Using 6 speakers and those strong subs, you will have a 1820W system. The only things you might destroy are your eardrums and relationships with the neighbors.
511880
2000 w is absolute peak power which is sort of missleading. You rateings are usally RMS,PROGRAM and peak.this amp hits peak and youll be in trouble because it will be clipping.Alot of distortion happens at clipping and that's what destroys speakers. 150w per channel rms is good for your speakers because then you just idle amp which adds up to clean sound. Start out at 1 quarter and careful what you pre amp it with. Thirty years a wanna be rock star and sound man. To old for 70s 80s hairvband lycra! Lol!!
1175951
Don't put it past 1000 watts rms. Also put it in a ported box. I had mine in a sealed box at 1000 watts rms. It got too hot and melted my speaker wire.
249573
i had a 6-ohm receiver with 8-ohm speakers, center, left, and right channel speakers and the most it did was the receiver would get a little hot sometimes, just try not to use it for more than 2 hours if the ohms are mixed and you should be ok. or if you want to be safe buy a powered sub.
1701209
I believe the 260 watts is the electrical power the receiver is consuming, the 120-170 watts x 7 channels refer to the output of the speakers.
2099867
I cannot think of any reason why it would not work just fine. I am not proficient in sound numbers but my receiver is 100 watts per channel and have 4 of the 6 speakers pairs hooked up and it works just fine. No problems at all.
132608
It's not meant to be "hooked up" into a 7.2 system. You really need to match your speakers with your receiver.if your receiver did happen to have pre-outs you take a risk. Of damage. I have a 7.2 system that I've matched speakers to receiver. It has 130w per ch. and will play loud and clear enough for our neighbors! This amp is a 2 ch amp meant to be played in a stereo system ( 2 speakers). Hope this helps
547170
Just as long as your sub and speakers watts/rms all adds up to about 300, you should be good. Bridge the sub to get more oomph. But this can have your speakers with less power. You don't want to overload your amp. IMHO, get a mono amp that will power your sub and leave this 300w amp for your other speakers. It's what I did.
122494
I really can't answer for sure. I only used 2 speakers outdoors while connected to a receiver indoors with two other speakers (4 total) The receiver was not a high powered receiver. They worked just fine for my application. For the price of the speakers they were good quality and preformed well.
1636650
Dieckmann, you have not mentioned what watt are you speakers. i have the same problem too but my speakers are like 40W. i am usuing my old speakers till i get a deal on a new 80-100W speakers.so maybe if you upgrade the speaker is you have low Watt ones you will get good sound at 30-40 level.hope this helps
830531
I am using it with two speakers and my tv as the source. I guess if you speakers watts sum like 150-200 watts you can use it (aprox 40-50 watts each).My speakers are 100 watts each and they play OK. But I doubt that it will drive 4 100 watts speakers. That is my opinion for what is worth but I am not an expert on this matter.
1293747
This fact will depend on your reciever. The way that most recievers works is that they have a built in amp for speakers. Look up the model of your reciever and what you are looking for is a wattage rating. This will tell you how much output your reciever puts out to the speakers. It will show something like 700 watts or (50x4)watts. These two ratings show total wattage and wattage per speaker channel. If you can only find total wattage you can take it and divide by the number of speaker channels to find out how much wattage goes to each speaker. As long as the amount of wattage does not from the reciever doesn't exceed the max wattage of the speaker you will not blow the speaker. This fact will depend on your reciever. The way that most recievers works is that they have a built in amp for speakers. Look up the model of your reciever and what you are looking for is a wattage rating. This will tell you how much output your reciever puts out to the speakers. It will show something like 700 watts or (50x4)watts. These two ratings show total wattage and wattage per speaker channel. If you can only find total wattage you can take it and divide by the number of speaker channels to find out how much wattage goes to each speaker. As long as the amount of wattage does not... » Read More This fact will depend on your reciever. The way that most recievers works is that they have a built in amp for speakers. Look up the model of your reciever and what you are looking for is a wattage rating. This will tell you how much output your reciever puts out to the speakers. It will show something like 700 watts or (50x4)watts. These two ratings show total wattage and wattage per speaker channel. If you can only find total wattage you can take it and divide by the number of speaker channels to find out how much wattage goes to each speaker. As long as the amount of wattage does not from the reciever doesn't exceed the max wattage of the speaker you will not blow the speaker. « Show Less
1858893
It's just 4 Chanel's you'd have to get a 2nd amp to power a sub or give up 2 speakers. I wouldn't recommend a 2nd amp since the 200 watts is just perfect for the 4 midrange speakers. these sound great by the way.
2251704
from my understanding your speakers ohms should not be lower than your receiver/amp. This will have your receiver working overtime to power those speakers which may casue overheating. For a 8 ohm receiver the lowest I would go would be 6 ohms; I think 4 ohms is pushing it.
1577540
Yes, you want speakers that are rated at 100 watts each or more. This receiver is set up to conveniently drive two pairs of speakers. You want all speakers to be rated at 100 watts or more. There is no advantage to getting speakers rated much higher than 100 watts either, so try to find 100, 120 or maybe even 150 watt speakers for this, nothing higher.
1205687
This is not an amp. It takes an output to speakers and can run different sets of speakers. If you do not have enough power in your receiver to run the speakers it will not work. Each time you turn on a set of speakers it will drop the power by a percentage. Some receivers can not handle more then three sets.
1404044
Any normal receiver will work for these, I have them currently hooked up to a Sony reciever that outputs 85 watts per channel, they sound great but they can handle over double the power than that. To be honest, you will need something over 50 watts per channel to really drive these guys, anything over 130 watts per channel is overkill. Hope this helps.