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How much power can a pair of Klipsch La Scalas take ?

I have two emotiva 2gen 2 amps and I was wondering if I can safely run my La Scalas on them. They rate the speakers at 100-400 Watts at 8 ohms.  My amps are 250 rms at 8ohms. And 500 at 4 ohms. I’ve herd Klipsch speakers act more like 4ohm speakers than 8. I up graded the crossover birds and horn tweeters from bob Crites and they sound amazing. So I don’t want to hurt them .
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elevick
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A-I've seen clubs use LaScalas.  They can put out a ton of sound without too much power.
B-It's not the wattage that will blow a speaker, it's the distortion.  Your ears will bleed before those will blow.
C-I ran my Cornwalls with 100 watt Threshold and never pushed the power output.  10 watts was fairly loud.
elevick
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Devault-Personally, I hate acurus amps.  They can be really harsh and will push high distortion levels.  500 watts won't blow those mids, but 1/2 watt of distortion sure will...
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