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How much power can a pair of Klipsch La Scalas take ?
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... 
Audio Research VS110 Middle transformer gets very hot the 2 sides not so is this normal
What are your speakers?  How loud are you pushing it? 
How much power can a pair of Klipsch La Scalas take ?
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... 
Low Watt Solid State Amp
Look into Sumo amps.  The other one that pops into my head is older Yamaha M series, M80, M60 and so on... 
Current, Amperage
It's more about synergy, not math.  I have a 300 wpc Mac but usually am using my 10 watt triode.  Running out of power can ruin a speaker and/or your experience but quality is much more important than quantity.  My math was a generalization but yo... 
Sound bar in a box . . . can't understand dialog.
Try a better sound bar.  You can always return it.  Buy direct from visio.  I love my zvox but it has huge rear ports and a sub that would just rumble in a cabinet. 
Softone 300b repair
Craig-where do you live.  There's lots of good shops. 
Sound bar in a box . . . can't understand dialog.
Dan,I think the soundbar has ports in it.  Block those and you might stop the boom.  You will lose bass.It really stinks that almost all tv's these days have down or rear firing speakers.  They are all designed for wall mounting. Doesn't Vizio rea... 
Sound bar in a box . . . can't understand dialog.
Are there ports in the vizio?  Try plugging them and see what happens. 
Current, Amperage
91.5 is fairly efficient.  For every doubling of wattage, you will gain 3db in volume.  2 watts is 94,5, 4 watts 97.5, 8 watts 100.5 and so on.  Every 10 db will give you a perceived doubling of volume.  What does this mean?  16 watts should be mo... 
Enough power to drive my speakers?
That's the bare minimum for power rating.  Your speakers may be starved.  Tubes tend to run out of steam when over-driven while solid state can distort like mad.  You hopefully won't hurt your speakers but might just not have any dynamics. 
Help please
Take your whole system to a friend's house.  Hook it up and see what happens.  Have that friend listen too... 
Selling a Macintosh Amplier MC-352
Hi Elise,These are much easier to sell if you have the boxes.  It's scary to pack these up and sell them.  Like the folks above said, don't get lowballed.  This is really nice gear.  Manuals, remote controls and boxes all add value.1-I don't think... 
CD player with USB and Coaxial out - does such a thing exist?
It's all about bit rate that your dac samples at.  Traditional redbook cd's are 16 bit.  Higher quality ones are 24 bit.  Some Dacs are running at 32 bit these days.If you desire high definition music much of it is either 24/192 or even 24/384.   ... 
I have question about frequency response and power issues
The M1's have amazing bass.  They love power and are fairly inefficient.  If I'm correct, they are 83db at 1 watt and run 6 ohms and they drop to 4 ohms.  Why don't you try bi-amping these?Also, keep in mind that a speaker's wattage rating doesn't...