Yes, I have a pair of 91 db speaker's in one room and they reach plenty high levels, and in an even smaller room, a set of 86 db speakers hooked up to my vinyl system, but the pearl2 has plenty of gain, and I am using a BA3 preamp, which is the other recommendation I give people seeking more gain. Those drive a M2 amp.
But in the living room, with B1 (no gain) pre and either F5, F6 or M2 I needed more gain even with 90 db speaks, so I put the BA3 amp in there, more "normal" gain. Building another BA3 pre amp gave all the gain and more anyone woulx need. The 98 db efficient Tekton Enzo speakers and the F6 with B1 is plenty of volume, I just like the sound of the BA3 pre much better, so use it.
Russellc
@ Victoriaguy
You don't need a preamp only with an integrated amplifier.
Those are simply power amplifiers.
This means you have to add a volume control and some gain, or a preamp.
Gainclones have about a 30dB gain.
That's a lot of gain, but there are cases you need all that gain.
So, simply put, you want always from 26 to 30dB of gain in your chain.
F6 is 14dB, add 12dB and you are ok.
Forget about Vrms, ptop, p, impedance, etc.
You don't need them to listen to your music.
You don't need a preamp only with an integrated amplifier.
Those are simply power amplifiers.
This means you have to add a volume control and some gain, or a preamp.
Gainclones have about a 30dB gain.
That's a lot of gain, but there are cases you need all that gain.
So, simply put, you want always from 26 to 30dB of gain in your chain.
F6 is 14dB, add 12dB and you are ok.
Forget about Vrms, ptop, p, impedance, etc.
You don't need them to listen to your music.
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