I think it would struggle to be honest Ben. A Beomaster 8000, on the other hand, would not :)

Oh dear :( I might have just bought two speakers I can't use. I should have checked first. I have a 4400 but I like the Beosystem 6500 as its so compact and takes less space plus it has a remote. Thats a rather big mistake!

Thanks though John

It should not be any problems connecting Beovox M150 on to Beomaster 6500. The BM 6500 as a lot of power, even for loudspeakers like M150 and the speakers has effective overload protection. The BM 6500 also have automatic power handling control that prevented overloading.

Try!

The 6500 is not going to go up in a plume of smoke once you start it with those speakers. It will still provide them with just as many watts as it will do with any other 8 ohm speakers.

Use some common sense and back off the volume if you hear distortion (and that will be pretty loud already!) and keep drunken idiots away from the controls...

arned wrote:

It should not be any problems connecting Beovox M150 on to Beomaster 6500. The BM 6500 as a lot of power, even for loudspeakers like M150 and the speakers has effective overload protection. The BM 6500 also have automatic power handling control that prevented overloading.

Try!

I agree that Ben should try - they're nice speakers. The 4400 would be a better match for these fine passives though :)

Remind me, how much power does the Beomaster 6500 have? I doubt the MS150 overload protection will be required!

I don't even go over 40 I don't think in volume with the S75's that I'm using at the moment. Highest I've ever been is 45!!!!! Surely thats not pushing the amp?

I'm sure you'll be fine. I'm a one-man promotional vehicle for the Beomaster 8000, that's all :)

I just think that with such fine speakers it would be a shame to match them to an amplifier that is not in the same class. The amp in either your 4400, or the one in an 8000, is a lovely one that you would be hard pressed to match if it is all working properly. The amp in the 6500 just not in the same league. You could always have a listening test between the 4400 and 6500. If at moderate volumes it all sounds good to you, then the 6500 is the way forward :)

BenSA wrote:

I don't even go over 40 I don't think in volume with the S75's that I'm using at the moment. Highest I've ever been is 45!!!!! Surely thats not pushing the amp?

No problem at all.

EDIT: the sensitivity for S75's seems to be 5W while M150 is rated at 2.5W - if these specs are measured with the same criteria, you'll actually get more noise with the M150's at a given volume setting...

Interesting thread.

I do have a pair of Beovox M150 but at present Dillen has both of my Beomastere 6500 for service but otherwise it could be an interesting thing to try out. Normally they handle a Beomaster 8000 really well.

For the Beomaster 6500 I got my white Beovox S120 waiting for the return.