Duke,
I think Elevick was probably told that a higher power amp is less likely to clip in the first place. This advice is sometimes offered to shoppers who will state their amp's power and try to infer a speaker match from their rated power handling specs - kinda like the OP here. I agree that this point wasn't accurately reflected in his post, but it goes to the real issue here: 'twas probably clipping (not too much power, per se) that killed his beasts.
Marty
Marty
I think Elevick was probably told that a higher power amp is less likely to clip in the first place. This advice is sometimes offered to shoppers who will state their amp's power and try to infer a speaker match from their rated power handling specs - kinda like the OP here. I agree that this point wasn't accurately reflected in his post, but it goes to the real issue here: 'twas probably clipping (not too much power, per se) that killed his beasts.
Marty
Marty