Can I use this amp to drive MartinLogan Electromotion ESL speakers (~10ft listening distance)? Their impedance can drop to 1.6 ohms at 20KHz...
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Hello Djordje and thank you for your inquiry.You can drive your Martin Logan ESL speakers with the NAD D3020.We're here to help so please let us know if you have any additional questions!Thanks again,Scott G and the rest of the ListenUp.com sales team
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Thanks for your question. This amazing sounding amplifier, at only 30 watts per channel will drive the speakers you refer to to moderate volumes but I would not suggest it for extremely loud, very dynamic music for very long term use. For background levels it will work.
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The 6 Ohm setting on the amp should work okay for your nice 8 Ohm speakers. Higher impedance speakers should dissipate less power and consequently might sound a tiny bit quieter than lower impedance speakers at the same volume setting. But I doubt you will notice any difference.
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Yes, and then dome, keep in mind to not turn amp to peak power, you may blow speaker, I have 2 of theses boss amps, running 2-15"/4-12"1-10"/I'm impressed......
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If your amp has a 2 ohm output impedance, it will drive 4 ohm speakers, but you won't be able to attain full dynamic range. I believe this sub comes in a 2 ohm version, just buy that one instead. Or buy 2 4 ohm subs and wire in parallel.
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Hello Popi, I am not sure I understand your question, but I will give you an overall way to work out your speaker needs. An amplifier is rated by its ability to put out a maximum number of watts into an 8 ohm speaker without distortion (typically 2% at most). An amp will drive a speaker at 4 or 16 ohms as well with varying power numbers and volume. It is important that the amp sees an impedance level of 4-16 ohms or it won't operate well (meaning efficiently and possible overheating or shutting down). It is better to have the amp power rating equal to or higher than the speaker rating. An amp overdriven can clip and suffer damage. If you respond with what your amplifier is, mono or stereo, and what it's exact power output rating is I can be more accurate. Are you planning to drive 4 speakers at 8 ohms each?
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Maybe. The more speakers that you connect the lower their effective impedance as seen by the amplifier. And the lower the effective impedance the higher the current that the amplifier must generate in order to drive the speakers to a specific listening level without distortion. Most speakers, particularly the less costly ones, have a nominal 8 ohm impedance. So if you are driving one set of such speakers the amplifier will be seeing an 8 ohm load. But if your amplifier is driving 2 sets of such speakers the amplifier will be seeing 1/(1/8 + 1/8) = a 4 ohm load; if your amplifier is driving 3 sets of such speakers the amplifier will be seeing a 1/(1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8) = 2.7 ohm load, etc. With 6 speakers your amplifier will be seeing a 1.3 ohm load. And this would be a nominal and typically maximum load; in practice the load fluctuates depending on frequency and is effectively lower for short periods of time. Some amplifiers are designed to drive such low loads but many are not. If you try to do that with such a low current amplifier for a long period of time you will burn up the amplifier. That is why speaker selectors like this one have a protection button which basically adds a resistance in series with the speakers in order to increase the impedance seen by the amplifier. This will reduce the overall efficiency and you will notice that you have to increase the volume to get the same amount of sound as with the protection button off. So, if your amplifier has a sufficient current capability to drive those 6 speakers to your desired listening levels, great. If it doesn't, and if the listening level is too low for your tastes with the protection button on, you will need to either settle for lower volume or get a more powerful amplifier.
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To be clear, this amp claims 45 W/channel *peak-to-peak*, not RMS. This unit will only put out a bit over 10 W/channel RMS. It will not hurt anything to drive larger speakers with a smaller amp, but you will not get the full volume your speakers are capable of. If your speakers are rated at 80W RMS, then this (10W RMS) amp will only produce 1/8 the power (which will sound about 1/2 as loud) as the speakers could put out with a larger amp. It depends on the efficiency of the speakers and the size of the space whether that will be loud enough for your needs or not.
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Jonathan, here is some information that might help320W @ 8 Ohms480W @ 4 Ohms700W or 480W Amp Only:¼" speaker outputjacks. Impedances Lower than 4 Ohms should not beused. Higher impedances such as 8 Ohms, 16 Ohms,or No Load are acceptable. One 4 Ohm, one 8 Ohm,or two 8 Ohm cabinets are okay. One 4 Ohm and one8 Ohm together is not recommended. The internalspeakers equal an 8 Ohm load. No damage willresult from operating the amplifier with the speakersdisconnected.
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You would have to look at the specs on the pyle website. although it theoretically can do it, you will have to check the pfa200 output power at subwoofer frequencies. a lot of these amplifires reduce their output at very low frequencies, so you may get less power in the subwoofer range. Its a great little amp; I have one for my TV with some sealed enclosure speakers and it sounds great.But you should call pyle tech support
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The short answer, yes. If you look at the spec sheet for this amp you will see that it IS rated to run a pair of 2 ohm speakers in stereo. With a 2 ohm load the amp is rated for 150w x 2 RMS. This exceeds the ratings on your speakers. If you just turn the gain down a bit and keep them at reasonable levels you should be fine.
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This is just an educated guess, but as long as those speakers are 8 ohm, it would drive them. I believe with room to spare!
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Absolutely. This amp will easily drive rated output to 200 WPC on each channel, all driven. It has been my experience with Polk speakers is that their load is not overly difficult to drive. With well designed and built cables, this combination should yield a system that will show little sonic change as you crank it up (sounds just as good at relatively high volumes as it does at low volumes).
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Assuming you have multiple amplifier outputs of coarse you can hook them up. If you run the 190's in parallel with the es30's your speaker ohms will be cut in half i.e. es30's(8ohms) + 190(8ohms) = 4 ohms speaker resistance.
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I would think so. Since they are rated at 89-90 for sensitivity and have 8 ohm impedance the Emotiva should drive them with ease. They drive my PSB Synchrony 1bs with a 2c center channel flawlessly, and those are not as sensitive as the Polks and are rated at 4-6 ohms.
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No problem at all. Also for future reference, say if you have an amp with four and eight ohm binding posts, just wire the 6 ohm speakers to the 8 ohm posts and rock and roll!
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I don't know how much performance you are looking for but mine is used to run a six speaker set with two 200w 12 in woofers - all are 8 ohm. It gives me far more volume than I could want. However the remote must have line of sight exposure to work.
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That's a good match, IMO. An 8 ohm load will only make ~7-8 watts on this amp. You may start to see some distortion after half volume but even at that point, it's plenty loud. Just keep in mind, it's not a 100 watt amp.. I had that amp connected to a pair of large 100 watt 8 ohm home stereo speakers and it did a great job! If you have a way to adjust the tone on the input audio, it'll rock! Very clean and accurate..