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 oddiofyl

It is a good question.  I have a pair of 90 dB sen speakers in my workshop which is 16 × 20 and it plays to pretty decent volume with a 15 watt receiver but the system runs out of steam fast.