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Industry Circles => Odyssey Audio => Topic started by: mastercraft1990 on 12 Jan 2019, 04:44 am

Title: Stratos Plus
Post by: mastercraft1990 on 12 Jan 2019, 04:44 am
I'm considering a used Stratos plus amp and I've noticed that all of their amps are rated at 8 ohms, stable down to 2 ohms.  Do you just double the wattage for 4 ohms?
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: Brettio on 12 Jan 2019, 05:01 pm
A quick search of this circle doesn’t give definitive 4 ohm numbers.  Give Klaus a call and he will be able to help (and in my case, educate) you about the Stratos in general and this plus model in particular.  Possibly a spoiler alert...I think you will hear Klaus tell you to focus on current and not wpc.
 Brett
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: FullRangeMan on 12 Jan 2019, 05:05 pm
I'm considering a used Stratos plus amp and I've noticed that all of their amps are rated at 8 ohms, stable down to 2 ohms.  Do you just double the wattage for 4 ohms?
Do your speaker is a difficult load?
Low sensitivity or 4 ohms?
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: mastercraft1990 on 12 Jan 2019, 05:57 pm
they are 4 ohm speakers
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: FullRangeMan on 12 Jan 2019, 06:07 pm
they are 4 ohm speakers
And ?
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: mastercraft1990 on 12 Jan 2019, 08:10 pm
98.82dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: FullRangeMan on 12 Jan 2019, 08:34 pm
So seems easy to drive by an Stratos or Cyclops.
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: rollo on 12 Jan 2019, 08:36 pm
So seems easy to drive by an Stratos or Cyclops.


   Indeed.


charles
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: mastercraft1990 on 12 Jan 2019, 09:11 pm
Thanks for the replys, speaker builder said they could be pushed by a 30 watt tube amp.  I just purchased a Stratos Plus to match a Candela preamp and wanted to make sure I didn't make a mistake.  The specs state that the amps are stable down to 2 ohms but are only rated at 8 ohms.
Title: Re: Stratos Plus
Post by: FullRangeMan on 12 Jan 2019, 09:36 pm
Thanks for the replys, speaker builder said they could be pushed by a 30 watt tube amp.  I just purchased a Stratos Plus to match a Candela preamp and wanted to make sure I didn't make a mistake.  The specs state that the amps are stable down to 2 ohms but are only rated at 8 ohms.
He is correct, with this 98dB speaker you will listen in the range 1 to 5W, rarely more than this.