Reddit: PSA: Stop buying speakers too large for your room!!

[reignofchaos]

@changappa : I hope you know that double the watts is required for every 6dB of volume gain (aka twice as loud). Having 40W headroom if you have 85dB or lower sensitivity speakers won't even get you dynamic transients of even 2x the volume, let alone the 20dB headroom that is typically required.

 

[Phew]

@changappa : I hope you know that double the watts is required for every 6dB of volume gain (aka twice as loud). Having 40W headroom if you have 85dB or lower sensitivity speakers won't even get you dynamic transients of even 2x the volume, let alone the 20dB headroom that is typically required.

*3db