Neville New Forest Hampshie UK

I own a teac 300 Amplifier 35 watts rms per chan into 8ohms.After auditioning just purchased Dali Lektor 1 Speakers.On reading the manual it states a recommended Amplifier rating of 40-100 watts the sensitivity of the speakers are 84.0 db and impedance 8ohms.After reading this i contacted the dealer who assured me there would be no problem in using these speakers with the Teac Amp.is there anyone else could re assure me as i do not have much faith in the dealer.

ANG the How To forum is not for questions. Members are not able to give you answers in How To. I moved your post to Amps/Preamps.

As far as that being enough power please let us know how large a room, type of music you listen to and at what volume. More tweeters are destroyed by underpowered amps driven to clipping too much of the time.

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Originally Posted by alfred neville green

I own a teac 300 Amplifier 35 watts rms per chan into 8ohms.After auditioning just purchased Dali Lektor 1 Speakers.On reading the manual it states a recommended Amplifier rating of 40-100 watts the sensitivity of the speakers are 84.0 db and impedance 8ohms.After reading this i contacted the dealer who assured me there would be no problem in using these speakers with the Teac Amp.is there anyone else could re assure me as i do not have much faith in the dealer.

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You won't have any problems at all, just make sure you don't drive the amp into "clipping".

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Originally Posted by Luvin Da Blues

You won't have any problems at all, just make sure you don't drive the amp into "clipping".

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I would have to say that you will not get optimal sound from the speakers. 84db is a hard load to drive. I was hoping the speakers were 4ohm in which case the amp power would have almost doubled.

Bottom line is that they will play but it's no different than trying to drive a pair of Dynaudio with a whimpy amp.

I noticed there is a model 2 which is 85db and 6ohms............hmmm me wonders why the change.

You may not be able to play them very loud without clipping the amp.

It will depend more on your listening levels and the music you are playing. If you play your music at lower levels and play music with less dynamics then you might be ok for a while but you will probably want to increase your power at some point. You'll know when you start to clip because the highs will start to sound strained and very hard and aggressive sounding and johnmichael is right by saying that speakers are damaged way more easily by not enough power than too much. Clipping is the number one reason speakers fail in most occasions. I have worked in the audio field and most of the speakers that I myself have repaired are from one of two things. Old drivers that need surrounds replaced and motor structure work and tweeters that are overheated and blown due to being drivin by clipped out amplifiers not up to the task of running the speakers being drivin. You can drive these speakers with this amp just do not expect to run them loud or dynamically or the speakers might pay the price for doing so.

Lets not beat around the bush here. With a sensitivity of 84 and a power rating of 40 watts minimum, that amp will have a tough time sounding good playing at reasonably loud levels with any dynamic music. At low to moderate volume you should be ok. Teac rates their power at 1kHz. http://www.retrevo.com/search?q=Teac+AG-H300&rt=sp

Just make sure you have adequate ventilation for the amp if you like to play it loud. Also, make sure you use heavy gauge speaker wire. I would use 14g or heavier.

http://www.audioreview.com/mfr/teac/...7_2717crx.aspx

I own inefficient speakers like you, who's sensitivity are a stated 84dB. My Rotel puts out about 25 watts to each speaker, and does not have any problem as long as I'm not trying to throw a party.

I would bet that your Rotel amp puts out more usable power than the Teac and that its rated power is not at 1kHz.

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Originally Posted by blackraven

I would bet that your Rotel amp puts out more usable power than the Teac and that its rated power is not at 1kHz.

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Possibly:smilewinkgrin:

Many thanks to all that have replied to my query.I listen to mostly classical music,room size 25ftx9ft-7m60cmx2m74cm.It seems as though i will have to go back to the dealer or use my old Arcam7r Amp 40 watts rms and use a seperate tuner or try different speakers.