cgrahame

quote: Originally posted by Dan F: Actually, the amplifier is 400 Watts. And the speakers are above average efficiency for their size and type. Let me know if I can provide any additional clarification on this...it seems to be a major misunderstanding on some BB sites. Of course, it is possible to get louder than the ProMedia system, particularly if using larger, i.e., bookshelf speakers. However I don't believe Klipsch has received many complaints saying the speakers are not loud enough. Sorry Dan F, I didn't mean to imply that the Promedia amp was not actually a true 400 watts. Just that with 4 Paradigm Atoms and a half decent 50 watts RMS per channel amp you should be getting pretty much the same amount of volume as the Promedias. And that when buying recievers you need to be carefull of some of the cheap brands as they will quite often advertise something like 100 watts per channel when in fact it is closer to a true 30 watts RMS per channel. I have no idea why the Promedias dont seem as loud as the 400 watts would seem to imply but it does seem odd to me that speakers like the Crossfires with only 100 watts RMS total can even come close to being as loud as the Promedias with four times the total power. :/ My home stereo is only 70 watts RMS per channel with relatively inefficiant bookshelf size speakers and is quite bit louder then my Crossfires from the same distance away of about 10 ft. Dont get me wrong here, im most certainly not here to bash the Promedias. I have no doubt in my mind they are the best value 4.1 multimedia speakers available (at least in the USA anyway). I actually would have bought them had they been available here in Australia but since they were not and still are not, I went for the more expensive Crossfires that had been available here for over 12 months.

4 Atoms hooked up to just about any reciever with a "true" 50 watts RMS or more should be plenty loud enough and im sure it would be at least as loud as the Promedias and more likely quite a bit louder. Just have to be carefull of the specs on some cheap amps as they are not always very truthfull when they state power ratings. No offence to the Promedia owners but either the Promedia speakers are very inefficiant or the specs on the amp are slightly over-rated.