I hear it's wonderful there!

bayerische: Christian: To my knowledge a 10 A fuse does not blow immediately if you draw more than 10 A from it. In fact, IIRC, you can draw 12 A for half an hour, 15 A for couple of minutes and 20 A for a couple of seconds, before the fuse blows. Sounds like a long time... What's the idea with a 10A fuse then? Christian is correct - a fuse blowing

Dave Moulton: VERY briefly: In the US, where mains voltage is 110, 2500 Watts (per speaker) draws approximately 23 amps of current. IN THEORY, a 20 amp breaker would trip when such a current was called for. So, the question is a valid one. In order to fulfill the call for 2500 Watts of electrical power (drawing those 23 amps of electrical current),

tournedos: Puncher: Average continuous input power, at normal listening levels, in a "normal" room may well be around the 40-50W region. There is nothing contradictory here. I came up with another way to visualize this. Say you have a "conventional" amplifier with a 2x80W rating. When was the last time you routinely kept the volume

I really don't see a question - the speakers can play at exceptionally high SPL's with very, very low distortion - the amps have huge reserves of power to ensure distortion free transients. Average continuous input power, at normal listening levels, in a "normal" room may well be around the 40-50W region. There is nothing contradictory

I think the power ratings of the amplifiers are accurate (not some PMPO-type rating) but I repeat, these are amp ratings not drivers. I would also point out that, as long as we quote "real" watts out from the speaker then the power in will always be higher (the speaker cannot be 100% efficient). Watts is indeed the SI unit of power, and Joules

Firstly, notice that although the ampilifiers are rated at 2500W it doesn't actually say that the drivers are capable of running at these power levels indefinitely. It's all about power reserves and headroom, the fact that the amplifiers can supply the driver with huge power transients, as and when the music demands, without overly stressing

benjnz: LMAO well after working for ISPs and runnign web design houses am STILL waiting for B&O to offer me a job - yes they have my cv. HAH it's their own fault for not employing me, but I recall from experience it's a tough line between internal expectations, corporate identity, potential of a site created by programmers (always doomed

Totally agree! Horrible thought - what if the website is written/maintained by their Software Engineers?

wtlc2zpx: ...but if they had a great web site with all the information we needed and so good forums we wouldn't have... Beoworld! Not true - there would still be us old duffers wittering on about vintage product and refoaming speakers etc.