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Increse sound and safely power Cerwin Vega RE38s

Hello all,

I have inherited a beautiful pair of Cerwin Vega RE-38s from my Uncle and they are in near pristine condition. Novice move, I know, but I never looked into power reqs for those speakers and fried my Yamaha Aventage RX-A1080... I have replaced it with a Marantz SR8500 (also not for 4 ohm speakers, I know) and I am looking to add an amp to really maximize the potential of these speakers and to prevent destroying another expensive receiver. Anyone with a similar setup have any recommendations for an amp? Do I need more than just an amp?

I'm still pretty green to the "audiophile" world and would love to learn more. 

Thanks!
derdavids

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noromance
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Honestly, not turning them up so loud that things break is a start!
Your ears will thank you when you get older.
A PS Audio Sprout could do the job and takes the iffy-sounding receiver out of the equation.
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