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Am I going to blow my Apogees with all this power?

I just got a pair of Apogee Acoustics Centaur Majors to replace my Klipsch RF-7's. I purchased a Carver A760X that puts out 380wpc after hearing the RF-7's liked a lot of power, but the Centaur Majors are only rated for 100w-8ohm/200w-4ohm. Am I going to destroy these things? Should I go back to using my NAD 2400 (100wpc-8ohm) for now and consider trading the Carver for a lower power/higher quality amp?

More info: The Centaurs are nominally 6 ohms, but dip to 4 at times. If the Vu meters on the Carver are accurate I'm putting peaks of 300ish watts out at my preferred listening level (peaks of about 90db). The Apogees are much less sensitive, 83db vs 102db for the Klipsch. I haven't listened to the Apogees for extended periods yet.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
hirschmj

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don_s
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When I first purchased a pair of Apogee Stage speakers I had an NAD 2200PE. It could NOT handle the low impedance and made the midrange/tweeter ribbons dance and twist like crazy.

With every other amplifier I used on the Stages the MRTs were rock steady until I tried to play too loud. At that point I could get small excursions and vibration---but not the spastic gyrations caused by clipping. I would notch the volume back a little and enjoy.

Too much power is not the worst enemy. Lack of control at low impedance is. Try your amps and keep your eyes on the MRTs. Good luck.
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