Speaker Sensitivity AND Power Requirements


Hi all, I'm considering purchasing a pair of heavily discounted Wharfedale Denton Bookshelf speakers from Music Direct. They are 86 sensitivity. This is for my man cave system the center of which is a vintage Yamaha Cr420 receiver which has a 22 watts per channel power rating.  Would this be a decent match? 22 watts enough?  Thanks in advance.
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Showing 1 response by atmasphere

Generally speaking, In that room 22 watts usually would not be enough with speakers at this level of inefficiency. The thing is, this speaker does not handle a lot of power and in that regard your receiver is a perfect match. So if you plan to be close to the speakers and only using them for background it will work fine.