My history of abuse:
Blew both woofers on a pair of Rogers LS3/5A's with a Quatre 250C.
Blew both woofers on a pair of Vandersteen IIA's with a pair of PS Audio IIc bridged monoblocks.
Blew a friend's AR-3A midrange with a Sansui AU-11000.
Cooked both tweeters on JBL L-166's with a Hafler XL-600.
Wasted 3 midrange drivers and 3 tweeters over the course of 7 years while owning Thiel CS3.6's with Krell's KSA-150 and MDA-300.
Sent a Wilson Watt 3 woofer to the cemetary with a Spectral DMA-180.
Arc'ed an E-stat panel to an early grave with a Krell FPB-600.
I don't think lack of amp power was a problem in any of these cases. Haven't blown anything on my B&W N801's yet, but tomorrow is another day.
Kids, loudness kills, so play it safe and buy a 2A3 SET amp.
Blew both woofers on a pair of Rogers LS3/5A's with a Quatre 250C.
Blew both woofers on a pair of Vandersteen IIA's with a pair of PS Audio IIc bridged monoblocks.
Blew a friend's AR-3A midrange with a Sansui AU-11000.
Cooked both tweeters on JBL L-166's with a Hafler XL-600.
Wasted 3 midrange drivers and 3 tweeters over the course of 7 years while owning Thiel CS3.6's with Krell's KSA-150 and MDA-300.
Sent a Wilson Watt 3 woofer to the cemetary with a Spectral DMA-180.
Arc'ed an E-stat panel to an early grave with a Krell FPB-600.
I don't think lack of amp power was a problem in any of these cases. Haven't blown anything on my B&W N801's yet, but tomorrow is another day.
Kids, loudness kills, so play it safe and buy a 2A3 SET amp.