Forget nominal power, it is a waste and a distraction. What maters is sensitivity.
At only 87dB those speakers are very inefficient and a bad choice for that reason alone. This is because power requirements increase exponentially with volume. A mere 3dB increase in volume, barely noticeable, requires TWICE the power! A 10 dB increase requires about ten times the power.
So if you had speakers of 95dB or greater they will require only about a tenth as much power. Buy speakers like this and you will eliminate 99% of your amplifier headaches, as you will be happy with as little as 20 to 30 watts. Buy inefficient speakers like you have and now you need 200 to 300 watts. See how quickly the situation gets out of hand?
Tekton Audio Design has a whole line of speakers across a wide range of prices all of them highly efficient and absolute screaming bargains for the money.
This in your own words is what you like:
That's exactly what you'll get with Tekton, and with high enough efficiency you can forget about watts and concentrate on finding amps with those same qualities. A good tube integrated, for example....
At only 87dB those speakers are very inefficient and a bad choice for that reason alone. This is because power requirements increase exponentially with volume. A mere 3dB increase in volume, barely noticeable, requires TWICE the power! A 10 dB increase requires about ten times the power.
So if you had speakers of 95dB or greater they will require only about a tenth as much power. Buy speakers like this and you will eliminate 99% of your amplifier headaches, as you will be happy with as little as 20 to 30 watts. Buy inefficient speakers like you have and now you need 200 to 300 watts. See how quickly the situation gets out of hand?
Tekton Audio Design has a whole line of speakers across a wide range of prices all of them highly efficient and absolute screaming bargains for the money.
This in your own words is what you like:
I freakin love the sound detailed(decay of strings and brushes on symbols, fingers plucking guitar strings etc) soundstage( speakers vanish instruments are here there everywhere but not outside of speaker footprint and not real deep front to back )imaging ( instruments have there own place voices are in the center) not harsh or bright but detailed not warm sounding.
That's exactly what you'll get with Tekton, and with high enough efficiency you can forget about watts and concentrate on finding amps with those same qualities. A good tube integrated, for example....