Minidsp Flex with Dirac headroom calculation

[Swza]

Hey Y'all. I'm trying to calculate how powerful an amp I need. The minidsp flex with Dirac is in my chain and I was curious if anyone has an idea how much headroom I should put into the Crown Audio calculator to get a somewhat accurate idea of how many watts per channel I need? Speakers sensitivity 86.4, distance 2.25 meters, anything over 80db hurts my ears. Thanks

 

[Mort]

If you are running Diraclive, I've seen it reported that you want to keep 10db headroom.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

Hey Y'all. I'm trying to calculate how powerful an amp I need. The minidsp flex with Dirac is in my chain and I was curious if anyone has an idea how much headroom I should put into the Crown Audio calculator to get a somewhat accurate idea of how many watts per channel I need? Speakers sensitivity 86.4, distance 2.25 meters, anything over 80db hurts my ears. Thanks

Which speakers do you have?

 

[Swza]

Which speakers do you have?

Revel M106

 

[anotherhobby]

Revel M106

I have Revel M105's with a miniDSP Flex (balanced) and Dirac Live. The Revels are crossed over at 80 Hz for subs. I power them with a little Topping PA5, and at -10db on the Flex the Revels are at 95 dB at my listening position, which is 1M (nearfield desktop setup).

 

[Swza]

I have Revel M105's with a miniDSP Flex (balanced) and Dirac Live. The Revels are crossed over at 80 Hz for subs. I power them with a little Topping PA5, and at -10db on the Flex the Revels are at 95 dB at my listening position, which is 1M (nearfield desktop setup).

Ok, thanks. I was looking at a 150 watt into 8 ohm NCore. I also have a powered sub for a 2.1 setup