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Hi All,
I have a couple of questions for which I could not find any answers even after running an exhaustive search. Will very much appreciate your opinions.
1- what amplifier class is used in Beomaster 5500. The heat sink does not get warm when volume is low so I assumed it is definitely not Class A.
2- My BM 5500 automatically lowers the volume when I crank up too much and start hearing clipping. Is it really that smart to do that? any comments on that?
3- Do you see any issues in the choice of my speakers listed below? (they sound great but I wanted to make sure selecting these speakers for this amp has not been daft).
My amp is BM5500 speakers are klipsch r-15pm (50 W per channel connected to Speaker 1) and KEF Q15 (about 50W) connected to Speaker 2.
Cheers,
Arta
Hi Arta,
Re: 2
Check the Beoworld page for your Beomaster 5500.Bang & Olufsen's Automatic Power Handling Control system prevented overloading and distortion, regardless of how many speakers were connected. Up to 20 stations on the tuner could be pre-set.
1. what amplifier class is used in Beomaster 5500- Class B
2. automatically lowers the volume when I crank up too much and start hearing clipping. Is it really that smart to do that? - Why not? It's to prevent burning your tweeters from the high amount of harmonics when distorting.It's your tweters - you decide if it's smart.
3. I am not familiar with those speakers, but if they are all 4 Ohms it may not be good to use two pairs.
Martin
Thanks guys for your answers!
Really useful.