Hi all
I've got a pair of lovely B&W 602S3s, but even with a couple of fairly high-powered amps, they seem to send them into protect mode when turning it up just even slightly! For background music its fine, but if I turn it up past about 9 o'clock, the two amps I've tried with them just 'click' and die, temporarily.
I know the 602S3s are quite hungry, power-wise, but is this normal? What amp would you recommend? Low-budget unfortunately - between £150 and £260 (ish). As the S3s are rated at 120w (peak) at 8ohm, it needs to be something meaty.
The amps I've tried are a Sherwood 5.1 receiver and a Pioneer A407 stereo amp. The Pioneer is 45wpc rms, which is a little low, admittedly.
Thanks
I've got a pair of lovely B&W 602S3s, but even with a couple of fairly high-powered amps, they seem to send them into protect mode when turning it up just even slightly! For background music its fine, but if I turn it up past about 9 o'clock, the two amps I've tried with them just 'click' and die, temporarily.
I know the 602S3s are quite hungry, power-wise, but is this normal? What amp would you recommend? Low-budget unfortunately - between £150 and £260 (ish). As the S3s are rated at 120w (peak) at 8ohm, it needs to be something meaty.
The amps I've tried are a Sherwood 5.1 receiver and a Pioneer A407 stereo amp. The Pioneer is 45wpc rms, which is a little low, admittedly.
Thanks