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Am I hurting my speakers?

I have a pair of Yamaha NS 1000M speakers that are rated 50w continous and 100w maximum, and they are being driven by a Creek 4330R 40W amp. I think they sound nice, and have not heard any distortion on my tweeters. I think the amp is rated at 40w idle and max 200w. Am I okay or am susceptible to clipping, and would I even hear it?
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sugarbrie
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To give you a further idea how watts per channel compare on paper: To have an amplifier that will play twice as loud as your 40 watt amp; you won't need 80 watts, you will actually need 400 watts.
mwilson
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I can't say. What music do you listen to? ; )
fijdicke OP
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Well I listen to rock and jazz. And someties a like to get on it somewhat, but rarely more than 60% of my volume dial.

Would I hear it clip or not?
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phasecorrect
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If your not hearing it now..dont worry about it...and yes...when Solid state clips...u would hear it...
cplnclag
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I bought a pair of ns1000's new in '81 and have been running them with a threshold cas 2 (100w/ch) for 20 years including a bunch of parties in college in the early 80's. No sign of damage so far!
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