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What do you think of these speakers

Discussion turned to the ws-100 at the end of this thread http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2210495&enterthread=y

That user had a very specific look he was going for which led to that decision. Are your aesthetic requirements similar?

I doubt you'd have any problem running the Athena bookshelf speakers with the 805. Speakers are much more likely to not get along with receivers due to too little power rather than too much power. Which Athenas are they?
 
Thanks for the link. I missed that thread somehow. The ones I'm currently using are these ones (minus the sub).
http://www.amazon.com/Athena-1...-Package/dp/B0002H6M0S
I'm using a polk subwoofer that works reasonably well. As far as aesthetics are concerned, it would be nice to have but not necessary. I liked the space saving design however. My main reason was to upgrade my speakers since I was thinking the receiver might be a too much for the bookshelfs (which by themselves are pretty awesome I think).
 
Athena says those are ok up to 100watts.

Just because the Onkyo has a higher maximum wattage rating than what you're using now doesn't mean it's going to be sending more power to the speakers. It's directly tied into how loud you have the system. Were you happy with the volume levels you were getting already? If so, then the Onkyo should be able to deliver the same amount of power but it would likely be cleaner power and actually better for the speakers. If you weren't happy before and you're looking to go even louder than you were going before, then you'd be using more power.

How big is the room you're trying to fill / how far away are you from the speakers? Unless you're filling a very large room I think you should be able to hit the comfortable upper volume level limit before you're in danger of giving the speakers too much power. You probably don't have an SPL meter to tell us how loud you like to listen to them, eh?

You can certainly get new speakers if you want to, but unless you're going to be pushing the speakers significantly harder than you were already, there shouldn't be any issue using amplification that's able to output more than the speakers are rated to handle.
 
I agree that unless you are unhappy with the current sound of your existing bookshelfs, there is little need to upgrade because of power handling concerns.

Unless you leave the receiver cranked to "11" for extended periods of time, you don't have too much to worry about melting them down.
 
Also keep in mind that your current center channel probably won't match the new speakers. Just because they're the same brand doesn't mean they'll match.
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Athena says those are ok up to 100watts.

Just because the Onkyo has a higher maximum wattage rating than what you're using now doesn't mean it's going to be sending more power to the speakers. It's directly tied into how loud you have the system. Were you happy with the volume levels you were getting already? If so, then the Onkyo should be able to deliver the same amount of power but it would likely be cleaner power and actually better for the speakers. If you weren't happy before and you're looking to go even louder than you were going before, then you'd be using more power.

How big is the room you're trying to fill / how far away are you from the speakers? Unless you're filling a very large room I think you should be able to hit the comfortable upper volume level limit before you're in danger of giving the speakers too much power. You probably don't have an SPL meter to tell us how loud you like to listen to them, eh?

You can certainly get new speakers if you want to, but unless you're going to be pushing the speakers significantly harder than you were already, there shouldn't be any issue using amplification that's able to output more than the speakers are rated to handle.
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My perception (however flawed that might be) was that in order to match speakers to a receiver, the speakers should in fact exceed the wattage rating than the receiver. Based on this information, I was interested in the ws-100 that are rated to be 200watts (compared to 130/ch for the 805).
I'm pretty happy with the existing speakers. Usually I like to match stuff properly which was my main motivation. I definitely don't like to shell out money for stuff that I don't need and from what you are suggesting, it's probably a waste anyway.
I don't really need more power since I live in an apartment. My 805 definitely is an overkill for my apartment but I wanted to get the DTS-MA support and that meant either changing my blu ray player or my receiver. I opted for the receiver since I had already bought the player.

Thanks for clearing up about the amplification being the factor on getting higher wattage speakers. I just thought that matching the wattage was important but if I'm not going to be blasting them, its probably a moot point.
 
I'd actually rather have it the other way around (more robust amplification than speaker wattage handling). The real danger with mismatching your power specs if if you're pushing your receiver / amp so hard that it starts clipping the signal. That's when you're prone to damage your speakers (especially tweeters).
Here's some random wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(audio)

It's more dangerous to your speakers to play the system loudly with a weaker amp than one rated with a higher wattage rating.
 
Thanks yoyo. That helps.
I don't think I'd need these right now since the ones I have work fine for me currently. I think that I'll probably get different speakers when I get my own house. I'm certain the room acoustics and space will require different speakers at that time.
 
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