Rimmer36 said:
I guess you had better fly over then norm cuz boxes like the sharp 939 my m90 leavs for dust, i had a friend over a couple of days ago i ran the head to head test and he basically said there was no comparo and that my m90 was louder hands down just like he has heard all my other boxes and he agrees the m90 is the loudest no compertition and btw that spec sheat says 8.5w min, my dc33l is rated higher than that and we all know the m90 totally blows away the dc33l.
Tim, the specs are what they say it is, and they don't lie. BTW, all power ratings when advertised in true RMS rating fashion says minimum rms. The MAX rating is the deceptive one. The MIN rating is the reliable one. You need to understand The ad you see above was distributed by JVC and clearly shows the RMS ratings to be 8.5wpc. The RMS ratings are FTC specs, meaning standardized testing results meeting very strict testing guidelines. You cranked up the tape playback adjustment on the tape sections on your M90's so the output modules are getting a stronger input signal, which will make them play louder -- sort of like a boombox with all the bands of the graphic equalizer cranked all the way up. If you want even more power, then go ahead and swap out the speakers for a set of 4 ohm jobs. That'll really make your amps work hard. But look at 8.5wpc, it's already at 10% THD. Sure, maybe you can get it louder than that, but at what, 20%, maybe 50% THD? I don't consider any of these figures to be listenable levels, to be truthful. In my opinion, any audible distortion is unacceptable and the volume should be turned down so a level where distortion is not audibly perceptible. I don't care if you can measure it -- I just don't want to hear the distortion. On my home stereo, I can listen to 10 wpc even though it's rocking the house. On a boombox, 5wpc is too much and painful to listen to. No, no, not physically painful. You either know what I'm saying or you don't. Clean power is a pleasure to listen to. Distortion laden audio, no matter how soft or loud, makes me want to shut it down, pronto. To get the distortion levels below say, 1% or 2%, the power would probably have to be reduced to 5wpc or so. But speakers have a lot to do with it and 10 wpc into large home speakers will literally rock the house.
But I'm not going to get into another one of those M90's against the world arguments with you because I know how much you like the M90 and it'll be like trying to win an argument with a zebra on whether spots or stripes are better. The M90 is a good box. I'm just saying it's not the end all, be all.
Congratulations on getting an M90!
Though I wouldn't pass one they aren't the end all be all for me though by appearing on LL Cool J's album cover has cemented it as sort of the quentissential box to have.
