Speaker wattage question

With high-powered amps, you can damage speakers with both prolonged high volume listening, where the heat from current running through the voice coil will do the damage, or from short, very intense bursts of power that are typical of accidents, such as leaving the volume knob all the way up, or accidentally unplugging or plugging in an interconnect when the amp is on.  

Thanks, all. I appreciate the responses!

Clean power is key.. Its not at all uncommon to have more power then the speakers are rated to handle use it wisely( i have 275w a side at 8ohms into 6 ohm spkrs rated 50-200 w) .There's nothing like more cowbell :)
also most not all amps are clipping long before the volume is all the way up ..not all but many..
enjoy

@chrisg1000 The key is to be sensitive to the sound quality.  The speakers will first compress, then distort, when you approach their real limits.

Keep them sounding well and you can attach a 2,000 watt amp with no problem. :)

Best,


Erik

Speaker wattage ratings are generally meaningless.  The two key specs are impedance and sensitivity when matching an amp to a pair of speakers. 

As others have pointed out, you have a quality amp with more than enough power to drive your KEF's without fear of ever clipping.  The sheer volume level alone would cause you to back off on the knob long before you ever start to approach clipping with your Parasound. 

Low powered amps driving difficult loads destroy speakers by clipping.  Not high powered amps like yours.  Don't worry about it and enjoy your system.  I bet it sounds great!