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Grottyash:What David says seems fair enough to me. Only one comment, and that is the Nait5i I use has no trouble driving my speakers which are a difficult load. Rated power output isn't sometimes the best measure of an amps ability to drive speakers. I've heard my Minimas with a valve amp running at 18W (I think) on paper, and the amp wasn't struggling to control them.
You may think a 50w amplifier with 84db/w/m sensitivity speakers sounds okay but headroom will be hugely compromised.
Remember that for every additional 3dB amplifier power needs to double, and to double the volume ten times more amplifier power is required. Therefore you would need about 500w to get decent levels with unclipped peaks if you continue with these speakers.
It's far safer to use a decent amplifier like the HK990 suggested above.
You may think a 50w amplifier with 84db/w/m sensitivity speakers sounds okay but headroom will be hugely compromised.
Remember that for every additional 3dB amplifier power needs to double, and to double the volume ten times more amplifier power is required. Therefore you would need about 500w to get decent levels with unclipped peaks if you continue with these speakers.
It's far safer to use a decent amplifier like the HK990 suggested above.