Testing speakers with low powered amp

Hi, I have just purchased a lovely looking pair of  S45.2 speakers (56 Watt). I'm now on the look-out for a suitable Beomaster to buy, but I already own a working Beomaster 1400 and 1600 that have outputs of typically 10 Watt. To test the speakers, would it be OK to connect to one of the above Beomasters? Speaker sensitivity is 5 Watt. I'm just wondering if the amps would be over-strained or something.

 

cheers

Nick

It would be just fine.
And it would sound just fine too.

Martin

Many thanks

 

cheers

Nick

Most music at listening volume uses about 1W! Moving a big woofer will take more but the S45.2 rolls off quite high.

Many thanks

 

Anyone like to recommend a BeoMaster that would match well with the S45.2's?

cheers,

Nick

NickNike:

Anyone like to recommend a BeoMaster that would match well with the S45.2's?

I'll play. BM1900 is my favorite with my pair of S45-2s.

NickNike:

Many thanks

Anyone like to recommend a BeoMaster that would match well with the S45.2's?

cheers,

Nick

Hi Nick,

I have used my S45.2s very successfully with a number of Beomasters - the 2400 (a development of the 1900), the 2200 and its bigger brother, the 4400 and, with a little care given its power output, the 8000.

As the best balance between sound quality and the cost of actually buying one, the 2200 was probably the best match, although they are getting quite rare now.

The other option that would offer a similar sound quality would be the 1500, which is the slightly less powerful brother to the 2200/4400.

Cleve

Many thanks.

 

Does the 2200 have touch sensitive controls, for things like volume? I ask as I like the 60's stuff, but there is always the problems of 'scratchy' sounding slider potentiometers. I'm thinking that units with touch sensitive controls will not suffer from worn carbon tracks.

 

Thanks

Hi Martin.

My new S45.2's, I purchased off ebay, sound great. The bass is solid, the high frequencies 'sizzle' and the frequency range is reproduced well. It's a very nice even volume on all frequencies.

I read on some other threads that you can supply the capacitors for the cross-over circuits in the speaker boxes. Is it a good idea to change the capacitors generally because of their age, or change them if a deterioration in sound is noticed? If there is a sound deterioration, does it happen slowly over a period of time so the change is difficult to discover, or is there a rapid change and easy to discover?

What's your advise please.

cheers,

Nick

NickNike:

Does the 2200 have touch sensitive controls, for things like volume?

No, it doesn't. If you want to restrict yourself to touch sensitive controls then you are talking about the 1900 of the 2400.

Taking that one step further, you could go the remote route in which case the 2400.2 and the 'flatties' that came after it or the later 5000 and its derivatives. I have used a 6500 with my S45.2s and they sound very good. They are very different visually from equipment contemporary with the S45.2s, most obviously with the move away from wooden trim.

Cleve

Hi Martin.

My new S45.2's, I purchased off ebay, sound great. The bass is solid, the high frequencies 'sizzle' and the frequency range is reproduced well. It's a very nice even volume on all frequencies.

I read on some other threads that you can supply the capacitors for the cross-over circuits in the speaker boxes. Is it a good idea to change the capacitors generally because of their age, or change them if a deterioration in sound is noticed? If there is a sound deterioration, does it happen slowly over a period of time so the change is difficult to discover, or is there a rapid change and easy to discover?

What's your advise please.

cheers,

Nick