LuckyM Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Hi everyone, I just recently picked up a pristine pair of chorus IIs, and I have a few questions about them. I am mainly concerned about running too much power to them and damaging them. My receiver is a vintage Sansui G-7700 pushing 120 watts RMS per channel. The thing is when I turn the volume knob up to about half way on my receiver the sound is extremely loud. So, I guess my question is how much power can the chorus IIs handle? The specs say 100 watts continuous and 1000 peak but what does that mean exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormin Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 They can take tons of power. But what they can't take is distortion. If you are halfway on your receiver i bet you are getting pretty close to clipping. I have ran as much as 300wpc 8 ohm /450wpc 4 ohm without any problems whatsoever into my chorus II's. So two things to be aware of. 1)Distortion 2)Prolonged listening at high volumes Good luck and have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 halfway up on a reciever, is probably Max Power ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 "The specs say 100 watts continuous and 1000 peak but what does that mean exactly?" I wonder how long they would last with a 1000 watts continuous...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 ---------------- On 8/16/2005 7:58:53 PM Duke Spinner wrote: halfway up on a reciever, is probably Max Power ... ---------------- Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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