You could have probably read @Panzrwagn 's post and deleted all the others and got as much out of the replies.
No your amp is not ideal for your speakers but you said you can barely hear the tweeters with your ears right up against them. Tweeters are normally quite a bit quieter than mids but usually you can easily pick out the highs but need to be close to be sure it's the tweeters.
The speaker wires are not the issue. It is unlikely the amp. As noted they won't go loud but you will lose bass not the highs in a situation like that.
If those tweeters were ferrofluid cooled, it may have dried up. Could also be dry capacitors. Electrolytic caps were common for tweeters even in high end back then.
These would be 83db anechoic. They are bipolar so room response will typically be much better. Apples and oranges.
No your amp is not ideal for your speakers but you said you can barely hear the tweeters with your ears right up against them. Tweeters are normally quite a bit quieter than mids but usually you can easily pick out the highs but need to be close to be sure it's the tweeters.
The speaker wires are not the issue. It is unlikely the amp. As noted they won't go loud but you will lose bass not the highs in a situation like that.
If those tweeters were ferrofluid cooled, it may have dried up. Could also be dry capacitors. Electrolytic caps were common for tweeters even in high end back then.
These would be 83db anechoic. They are bipolar so room response will typically be much better. Apples and oranges.