Amplifier power, Wright Monitors

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The small studio I work in has the opportunity to pick up a pair of
Wright passive monitors. Wright (now defunct) suggested 250 watts per
channel minimum to drive these monitors. We currently have an Alesis
Matica 500 (150 watts/channel at 8 ohms). At some point we would
upgrade to a better and more powerful amp but i'm wondering if in the
mean time we're asking for trouble using this combination. The
monitors would be used in a near field setup in a very small control
room at resonable listening levels. I know we won't be squeeing the
best out of these monitors with this amp but i'm more concerned about
damage to the speakers. Any thoughts...

Dan Fox

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Scott Dorsey wrote:

>don't clip the amps.
>
> Use your ears and don't be stupid.
>
> If you have customers who are stupid, maybe you don't want to let them
> use the Wrights anyway.
>
> Honestly, though, you can get an Adcom GFA-555 for not much money....
> --scott
>
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Sound advice. Thanks. I've never come close to clipping this amp yet
so I don't anticipate that being a problem, unless the Wrights are very
hungry, which I won't know until I try them.

The Adcom is going for $300-$400 on ebay. Looks like a solid piece of
gear although it is still rated lower (200w @ 8 ohms) than Wright
reccomends (250w @ 8 ohms), but maybe i'm being unnecessarily
paranoid...

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In article <dmi6c11aqop1ihhjlm7pnucfatfdb9dl88@4ax.com> chrishornbeckremovethis@att.net writes:

> The difference between 200 watts and 250 watts is only
> 1/3 octave.

Uh, how many ohms would that draw?

> But seriously, how old are the Wright's?

I'd guess 8-10 years by now. They were pretty nice monitors, but a
very limited distribution product (as well as Wright's microphones,
also good for the time). It's one of those pretty much forgotten
companies. Not something that a lot of people should be worrying
about.

A friend of mine had (probably still has) a pair and brought them over
to my place to mix one of his projects. We hooked them up to my DH220
(120 watts or so per channel) without a thought about the Wright power
"requirements." They worked just fine.

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