@southofdallas Here’s a little tip if you want the best sound for your investment $$$$.
The amp really should be loafing while doing its work. If your speaker is hard to drive the amp will make more distortion making it go. The result is the amp will sound less relaxed and less detailed because of the distortion increase which will be mostly higher ordered harmonics, to which the ear is keenly sensitive since it uses them to sense sound pressure.
On a speaker like yours if you push our amp too hard it will likely distort. The trick with any amplifier is simply make sure you have enough power so the amp is never working all that hard. Simply speaking you'd have to try it.
The problem is the more power you need for that, the harder it becomes to fine an amp that sounds like music rather than electronics.