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thehorseshoe
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Can I use a stereo receiver to push my speakers instead of a power amp? If I cannot, why not? Do I need to purchase a power amp and studio monitors?
I think that's very debatable (that a $140 receiver will "more than do the job" of a studio amplifier), but YMMV...........thehorseshoe said:Although not like my HarmonKardon that I use for my home system, it wil more than do the job.
A typical (read "budget") home-stereo receiver does not have the high-current capability
nor the high-transient-handling ability to cleanly deliver the necessary amplication. And if
the amp doesn't do it cleanly - especially with the transients - your monitors get a nice,
squared-off waveform that will fry your monitors in a second.
Blue Bear Sound said:Sorry guys... you're all missing the point.
A quality amplifier is able to cleanly deliver power and handle high-transients typical of a recording environment, where not all tracks have been massaged/softened to final listening levels.
Bruce
Blue Bear Sound said:
Bruce
PS... you're being a bit defensive there Wilkee, I'm not attacking you -- I suggest you lower your guard a bit.