HudsonValleyNoah Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 I thought all RF-7's were 250 W max rms input, what gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 What do you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Sorry. I was asking "Since when is (was) the RF-7 rated at 150 watts max input" and "if in the past, this was so, what has changed?" ~Noah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsp1068 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Mine are 250. Did they make a rev change on the crossovers somewhere along the line? I have an older pair of RF 3's that are 225, and noticed published is 150 or something, so assume the same reason applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Mine are 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 duplicate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Wow, mine are 250. I thought they used to be 1000 watts peak or something like that. Brenda W. checked mine too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Brenda's name is on a few pairs of RF's I own. This website currently lists the RF-7's as 250 watts max continous and 1000 watts peak. So, that's why I asked the question and posted the picture above. That said, I don't own the RF-7 shown in the picture above; it's for sale on Ebay, as we type and read. I just bought a pair of RF-63's and was lamenting the relatively low Max Power rating of same when I happened to see the above RF-7 picture / rating... It all leaves me rather confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Some RF-7s were mismarked 150 watts instead of 250 watts. The 250 number applies to all RF-7 voice coils even though it would make you deaf. There was a great deal of discussion on the forum at the time when this was first noticed. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HudsonValleyNoah Posted May 13, 2007 Author Share Posted May 13, 2007 Thanks Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Some RF-7s were mismarked 150 watts instead of 250 watts. The 250 number applies to all RF-7 voice coils even though it would make you deaf. There was a great deal of discussion on the forum at the time when this was first noticed. Bill eh anything after 100 watts is really just making the vc hotter and not louder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Some RF-7s were mismarked 150 watts instead of 250 watts. The 250 number applies to all RF-7 voice coils even though it would make you deaf. There was a great deal of discussion on the forum at the time when this was first noticed. Bill Actually due to all the collector interest in these speakers, those speakers with the misprint are commanding a much bigger premium than just your run of the mill RF7s that state 250 watts. I think Southerby's moved a set for $74,000 last week, of course both the buyer and seller had to pay 2.3% commission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuzu Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 What is the significance of the 250 watts? How would one surpass it? Does it mean you would not connect a power amp greater than 250 watts/channel? BTW my RF-7 serial #'s are 02320096 and 02320099. Who got 97 and 98 hehe ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 probably no one, and it can take 250 sustained watts is it. An amp does not always put out 250 watts even if it is designed to do 500 watts.. its just how loud you really want to crank it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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