Posted by jeff p [ 207.200.22.156 ] on October 15, 2008 at 19:01:48:

i just got these pi one towers and they sound good.

a friend is going to buy my other speakers but he wants my preamp and amp as well which is fine. who needs 220watts with 95db speakers?

so i'm looking around and thinking i'll get a used amp, maybe a small SET but i'm wondering...will 1.8-2 watts really drive my speakers to acceptable levels?
what about if you have a record or cd that is recorded kinda low?

i'm looking at stuff like decware or bottlehead, or tubelab kits.
i also see stuff like copys of dynaco's, those are more like 17watts which seems more reasonable.
the decware's seem cool because they can be run without a preamp and the input sens. on the se84 is 2v.
i hear they are a little bit thin in the bass. could someone get around that by rolling tubes?

alas, i have a bottlehead foreplay III kit is still haven't put together would that produce more headroom?

Replies:

• Re: how loud will 2 watts get? - jeff p 13:59:11 11/10/08 (0)
• Re: how loud will 2 watts get? - Shane 21:30:54 10/16/08 (0)
• I will testify - Delgadas 21:01:55 10/16/08 (0)
• 2 watts is not enough - colinhester 17:53:52 10/16/08 (2)
  • Re: 2 watts is not enough - wayne-o 18:19:19 10/18/08 (1)
    • Re: 2 watts is plenty enough - Matts 18:16:38 10/19/08 (0)
• Re: how loud will 2 watts get? - Bill Epstein 22:55:52 10/15/08 (1)
  • Re: how loud will 2 watts get? - Jeff P 23:18:55 10/15/08 (0)