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Need help matching speakers with amplifer

I have a pair of Boston Acoustic Vr-20 floorstanding speakers. Im not sure what the RMS continous power rating of these speakers are in order to make the best match with an amplifier. In Hi-Fi Engine the spec’s just say recommended Amplifier 15-200 watts at 8ohms. is this saying the continous is 15 and the peak is 200. I would think the continous would have to be more than 15 watts being these are larger floor standing speakers. Thanks for help from the community!!

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onhwy61
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The 15-200 watts spec gives a range of RMS watts the loudspeaker will adequately perform.  If the spec is accurate, for it might not be, you could use up to 200 watts of continuous power with this model loudspeaker.

By reputation the Boston Acoustics VR series are good loudspeakers.  As with all older loudspeakers they may need work on the crossover components and the tweeter's ferrofluid.

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Yes, both amps will work well.  All things being equal the 100 watt should provide slightly more dynamic headroom.  Your loudspeakers are not hard to drive nor do they need high power amps.

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