• 05-11-2009, 11:55 AM
    dariusmcgann
    Just Looking for a Bit of Advice
    Hi,

    Hoping somebody could answer this for me. I'm advising my aunt on putting together a system. She's not willing to spend a lot but she has a nice pair of JPW speakers already. I've seen an integrated amp and tuner the might do the job. The speakers are rated to 6 ohms and 85 watts and apparently the amp drives 100 watts into 8 ohms. I know the basics of resistance but I just wanna run it buy some experts. Am I gonna burn out the amp? By the way it's the Sony SDRH100 and hasn't been released yet.

    Cheers.
  • 05-11-2009, 05:59 PM
    Kevio
    The short answer is, "It will be fine."

    The long answer is quite a bit longer and passes through Ohm's law and a bit of history of amplifiers and their specifications and impedance vs. frequency curves for speakers condensed to a single number but, not to worry, it leads to the same conclusion.
  • 05-12-2009, 05:21 AM
    dariusmcgann
    Thanks.