Beocenter 8000 claimed amplifier power

Hi everyone.

I'm considering buying an old Beocenter 8000 for the convenience of having cd player and a powerful amplifier in the same cabinet. However, from what I've read lately on this forum, the claimed 2 x 80 watts of the 8000's amplifier section don't seem to convince people in here. Instead they rate it at a modest 30 watts per channel.

How can this be? If the claimed output doesn't hold true, I might as well pick up on my mothers offer to have her Beomaster 3500 (and CD3500) for free instead. Or what? 

I'm confused!!

Can anyone help?

Kind regards

Rasmus 

BTW: the speakers I want to drive, are a pair of Beovox CX50's.

 

The Beocenter 8000 has more than enough power to drive the CX50's. Don't get caught up in the wattage debate... It's mostly irrelevant. My Beomaster 5000 is rated at 55 watts and it happily powers a pair of Beovox pentas and a pair of S55's at the same time and is as loud and clear as you want it to be. 

 

Hi,

 

as Lee already said, don't care to much about the wattage debate and  the fairy tales of the marketing guys.

If you listen to any volume you like and want the music as double as loud as before you need to feed four times the power ( = Watt) to the speakers

Listening to music at a normal volume where you can talk to some else is not more than 0.5 Watt needed. This may depend a bit on the speakers but even the worst speakers don't need more than 1 watt for a decent room volume to listen too

As with all things, it depends on how you measure it. That is why the power output for the same amplifier seemed to double. The 8000 will power almost any B&O speaker perfectly well. There again, so wil the 3500!

So I wouldn't benefit powerwise from choosing the 8000 over the 3500? It's basically the same amp section or what? Sort of a marketing scam? We've certainly seen that before in the world of hifi. 

RasmusHerskind88:

So I wouldn't benefit powerwise from choosing the 8000 over the 3500? It's basically the same amp section or what? Sort of a marketing scam? We've certainly seen that before in the world of hifi. 

The BM3500 and BC8000, (also BM4500, BC9000, BC9500, BC8500, BC9300 atleast) has exactly the same power amplifiers. Based on a hybrid module from Sanken (STK 4151)

 

BO:

RasmusHerskind88:

The BM3500 and BC8000, (also BM4500, BC9000, BC9500, BC8500, BC9300 atleast) has exactly the same power amplifiers. Based on a hybrid module from Sanken (STK 4151)

 

Well, I guess you learn something every day :) Thanks a bunch!