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Does my power of receiver match the power of the speaker needed?

On the jamo website, I see S809 has Power Handling 120w/240w with impedance 8 ohm. Is that the power needed per channel? If so, I see most receivers under $1000 will have RMA output below 120w per channel. Like "Pioneer VSX-LX304" and "Yamaha RX-A2A" both have a price tag of around $800, but both receivers only rated output power of 100 W (8 ohms, 0.06% THD) (20Hz-20kHz, 2-ch driven) what is smaller than 120W what this S809 need. Does that mean even an $800 receiver will not be powerful enough to push a $350 speaker? That doesn't make sense to me.


Here are the products and spec I mentioned above:
https://www.jamo.com/products/s-809#manuals
https://www.adorama.com/pivsxlx304.html
https://www.adorama.com/yhrxa2abl.html
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jeff12138
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russ69
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More power is always better than not enough power. But max power handling is a spec that isn't very useful to home audio. You don't ever want to run at the limit.
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arcticdeth
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@russ69. 
 Ur correct, don’t try to use the full amp power, even if speaker is rated as such, the tweeters will fry fast.

 Use best judgement, n enjoy the music.

 I’ve used no less than 300W rms since the late 80s til present.

 
jeff12138 OP
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Thank you all for your help!! I really appreciate it!!
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b_limo
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Jeff, are you trying to build a surround sound set-up?  If not then a 2 channel integrated amp will be much better sounding than a receiver.  
jeff12138 OP
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Yes. I am trying to build surround so I can also use it for movie
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