When I first read that I was concerned that it may not be enough. I think it will depend on a few factors, such as how loud you want to listen, musical tastes, and the room.
In an acoustically tuned mastering room, where we are working on music that has to be compressed, equalized, and limited for commercial distribution, we have to listen at various volumes and hear very subtle dynamics changes. This may not be the case in a normal listening environment. I know the XA60.8 wouldn’t be enough power in my situation.
In fact, while the 350.5 is plenty loud enough, I have wondered if more watts wouldn’t even pull more from the speaker in my circumstance. I hope to get around to trying the X600.8 at some point in the near future. I do know a mastering engineer using 802D2 using X600’s and he’s thrilled.
i hope that helps, but I think you’ll have to test it and see.
In an acoustically tuned mastering room, where we are working on music that has to be compressed, equalized, and limited for commercial distribution, we have to listen at various volumes and hear very subtle dynamics changes. This may not be the case in a normal listening environment. I know the XA60.8 wouldn’t be enough power in my situation.
In fact, while the 350.5 is plenty loud enough, I have wondered if more watts wouldn’t even pull more from the speaker in my circumstance. I hope to get around to trying the X600.8 at some point in the near future. I do know a mastering engineer using 802D2 using X600’s and he’s thrilled.
i hope that helps, but I think you’ll have to test it and see.