Will this work for me?

[Knightstick]

Hello everybody, I've asked this but would like to hear a few comments from people who own the Stereomore 2. I have a room probably 10'x11'. I also own some 98 db Klipsch speakers. I listen to music not really loud but sometimes a bit. I'm in my 40's so no parties anymore. I'm just a bit concerned about dropping over a grand and it be too quiet. I would buy the mono amps but unfortunately those are way out of my price range. So can anyone relate to my situation that has the amp? Thanks so much for any responses!

 

[Thermioniclife]

I think you will be happy as my living room is 18 by 19 and my speakers are 95Db and the SM2 runs them nicely but YMMV.

 

[Knightstick]

Thanks for the response! I've been researching and it seems there's a consensus that it will work great.

 

[Tubegopher]

Wait a minute... " I am in my 40's and no parties anymore!!! I am in my early 70's and I still like to party! 

 

[Thermioniclife]

Yeah Tubegopher  I  hear you, I'm 60 and I know what you mean, I thought the same thing but I thought I wouldn't mention that.
No disrespect Knightstick just poking fun.

 

[Knightstick]

No problems guys. I don't  get my feelers hurt that easy. I had a feeling I was setting myself up with that.

 

[erick.lehnert.baron@gmail]

No problems guys. I don't  get my feelers hurt that easy. I had a feeling I was setting myself up with that.

Ha Nightstick - I just dinged 60, and I like to scare the wife and kids with a little Gentle Giant once in a while. I am amazed what my S.3.X. will do with 96db. It fills the house with (clean) sound. Really easy to listen to loud. My LR is about 150 sqft.

 

[Karl5150]

Doc and the Pauls have the formula, but 98dB sounds like it should work. My 93dB Tektons worked well with bass duty handled by a couple of subs.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

The formula went out the window when large numbers of people happily used 88dB sensitive speakers with the Stereomour.  There are also a good number of new speakers whose manufacturers  seem to fudge the SPL numbers quite a bit.  I went to a high school friend's house a few weeks ago to try some amps out on some "99dB" sensitive speakers that definitely were not.  We looked up the manufacturer's data on the tweeter and it was listed at 94dB, which would be the very tippy top of the possible sensitivity.

 

[Larpy]

Assuming you don't have a sound pressure meter (like the old Radio Shack one), you might download an SPL meter app for your phone and use it to measure how loud you like to listen to music.  One person's definition of "loud" isn't necessarily the same as someone else's.  My own definition of "loud" in my small listening room (11' by 12') translates to peaks at 90-95 dBs.  With my speakers (97 dBs sensitivity), a 2A3 amp would work fine.  But if my version of "loud" was, say,  105dBs, I might not be happy with 2 watts.  (in which case, the Kaiju would be the better amp).

Different horses for different courses.

 

[Knightstick]

So I went ahead and downloaded 2 apps for db meters (to make sure) and played some music. At the levels I like, It only rarely broke 90 db pretty much inches away from my speaker. So I  guess I'm  more than good with the 3.5 watts of power. I've just never have ran anything on so little power. Of course these are my first horn speakers too. Even if the speakers efficiency is skewed a bit I'm fine. That's  really promising  because I've been  trying to convince myself to get the amp Thanks for the comments and reassurance guys.