Where's the juice?

[omni]

I just got the Logitech Z-5300 speaker set that are rated at 260 watts RMS. This has been a big wattage jump from an old 60 watt set that I had before.

I hate wasting electricity and I was wondering just how much electricity is being used when the speaker volume is not cranked up. So my question is thus: do speakers use more electricity the louder they are set?

Or in other words can I let my speaker idle at low volume (I like to keep tunes on, at low volume, before and during I sleep) and not be worried that the entire 260 watts of electricity is being wasted.

Thanks.

 

[X|Rolando]

They do use more, but im not sure how much more. The difference in wattage required between 100 db and 103 db is quite huge (if I remember physics class correctly ), something like 2x... Again, not sure. Im sure asus knows this stuff.

 

[ShinRa]

nice speaker choice