how do i know what kind of power amp to get for these monitors???

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A Hafler TA1600 will do them justice. A great amp for the dollar at around $150 used.

Slackmaster 2000
 
is this a good power amp, i heard if i dont match it right than i wont get my monitors full potential
 
Yes, it is a fantastic amplifier. Hafler arguably makes some of the world's best reference amplifiers...the TA series are a low cost alternative to the P series, but still very good. Awesome stereo image, very nice sound.

The TA1600 does 75W at 4ohms which is a good match for those monitors.

The next step up from there (about $100) would be to go to a Hafler P1500 which does 85W at 4ohms. That's still pretty low power, but these should all be very effective.

I drive Event 20/20's which are rated 200W @ 4ohms with a TA1600 and I can get over 110db of good sound before clipping. It's not going to blow the walls down, but that's a lot of volume for nearfields!!

Slackmaster 2000
 
Ill second that Hafler vote...Im using a Hafler TA1100 to power a pair of Tannoy ProtoJ's and they are very similar to those YSM1's, so i know youll have no problem with either the TA1100 or the 1600........
 
Thanks guys, I think Ill be going for the Hafler TA1600!!!

BtW - Me and my roommate will be both sharing the Hafler TA1600.

He will be getinng Yorkville YSM1 monitors also,

He will use his monitors to do his thing and I will be using my monitors to do my thing but we want to share our power amp to save money.

will this affect our wattage? should we get something more powerfull to power both of ours since well be running my monitors and his monitors at the same time to our seperate machines?

Can I even do this, please give me your thoughts on this, pros and cons.
 
Pros:
1. Cheaper


Cons:
1. You will only have one set of volume controls.
2. There will be only one input, so both sets of speakers will be playing the same material.
3. The YSMs are 6 ohms. If you wire the speakers in parallel, this will make a 3-ohm load, which you should NOT do, because the amp is rated for 4 ohms.
4. Continuing with #3, wiring the speakers in series will create a 12-ohm load for the amp, which will lower the total power output of the amp. You won't be sharing ~70W (at 6 ohms), you'll be sharing less than that
5. You may require longer speaker cable runs.
 
Thanks man!

Now is there any other power amp with 2 inputs OR some way me and him can take turns with a splitter. that way we dont ahve to keep unplugging the input adn wear that out right away?
 
i would suggest using a speaker switch after the amp, so that only one set of speakers is connected at a time. if you hook them up in series, each speaker would really only be getting maybe 25W. Of course, that would still get you some volume, but you would be driving the amp harder than necessary. Plus, you'd always have to listen to your roommate's music, and vice versa. the very cheapest of these speaker switches would be something like this: http://www.radioshack.com/product.a...y_name=CTLG_002_001_016_000&product_id=40-240

as for switching the inputs, you could use a small mixer to do that. or if you went with an integrated amplifier instead of the Hafler, you would probably have a number of inputs on the amp itself.
 
Holy smokes, don't drive more than one set of speakers with an amp...you're not only changing the power, you're.... well, let's just say that you're immune to ohm's law. Yes, a speaker switch would work, but be careful with them...cheap passive ones may "pop".

Slackmaster 2000
 
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