Absolutely!

It will make a huge difference...probably the best investment your friend will make for a while...

he's been looking but he can't find anything around 300-400 that does 150-200watts per channel for his passice 20/20's..
everything he finds does 250+watts.. so what amp would you pick?

i told him i'd sell him my active 20/20's when ever i get my new monitors if he can't find a amp

I don't think you need that much power. I've heard the 20/20 passives paired up with a Hafler TA 1600 ($200 - $250) @75 watts per channel, and I thought that combo sounded great. You aren't going to mix at 120 decibles.

ShellTones wrote: You aren't going to mix at 120 decibles.

keep thinking that lol... you have no idea how loud he gets a mix when he's into the song.. i think last time i had a meter(b/c i told him to mix around 90-96db) he was mixing over 100.
the pioneer is pushing some good power, i just figured he might be able to get a studio quality amp and have a cleaner sound overall...

right now he's been looking at crest and samson amps..the hafler he wants is outta his range i think

I have a couple Hafler P3000s I would be willing to part with.. send me a PM if you are interested.

Having an amp that has more power than your speakers are rated for is not a problem. The main issue is running an underpowered amp, pushing it into square wave and burning up tweeters and drivers. More power just gives gives you more headroom.

Better to have too much power rather than not enough. You can always turn the amp down.

Kurt Foster

kurt i'ma pm you about the hafler.
but he'sthinking about the crown xls202a. only 270 and 200 per channel