200 to 300 wpc amp revised question


i forgot to mention in my previous question that the reason for leaving the threshold s200 at 100 wpc is that I purchased von schweikerts vr4. although i haven't even hooked them up to the threshold yet, i was told they would need 200wpc, actually in an email from von schweikert himself.
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How often will you be listening to your system at levels that will be using 200 wpc? In my experience there are very few times that an amp is forced to work hard.

To say that the speaker has to have a 200wpc amp is plain stupid. Unless you are using this set up in a bar, most of the time you will be doing well to be pushing 50 wpc.

Under powering a speaker is generally more problematic than over-powering it. But the Threshold amp is not a poor quality low powered amp. I really can't forsee a problem mating those two pieces of gear. Von Schweikert might make a good speaker, but he gives questionable advice on powering those speakers.