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If you look up the sensitivity for each of the Lore transducers.....
the eminence website shows the sensitivity for the legend b102 as 92.4db., 8 ohms, one watt. Looking up the audax gold two25a28 gold tweeter gets you 94 db.
I suspect that the actual sensitivity of one Lore speaker might be closer to 93/94db which is consistent with what others have said about the Lore and with my own experience as a Lore owner.
So, if you assume 93 db per speaker...and then 96 db for a pair...then roughly speaking, this puts the volume for 1 watt at 84 db at a listening position 4 meters back. So, I guess if you are happy with 90db peaks, you only need 4 watts....100 watts will get you safely over 100db peaks...way too loud for me.
In my case, trying multiple solid state amps and preamps...and one tube preamp...I've only ever heard the slightest hum if I put my ear right up to the speaker.
good luck
If you look up the sensitivity for each of the Lore transducers.....
the eminence website shows the sensitivity for the legend b102 as 92.4db., 8 ohms, one watt. Looking up the audax gold two25a28 gold tweeter gets you 94 db.
I suspect that the actual sensitivity of one Lore speaker might be closer to 93/94db which is consistent with what others have said about the Lore and with my own experience as a Lore owner.
So, if you assume 93 db per speaker...and then 96 db for a pair...then roughly speaking, this puts the volume for 1 watt at 84 db at a listening position 4 meters back. So, I guess if you are happy with 90db peaks, you only need 4 watts....100 watts will get you safely over 100db peaks...way too loud for me.
In my case, trying multiple solid state amps and preamps...and one tube preamp...I've only ever heard the slightest hum if I put my ear right up to the speaker.
good luck