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Recommended wattage for small speakers
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If you are confident that nobody will crank up the volume too loud, they'll work just fine. But, it might only take one time with a heavy finger and there goes your drivers.
For instance, the Peachtree D5's are rated for 200W and are a very nice speaker at $1000. I know this is a lot more than the Wharfedale Diamond, but should greatly decrease the likelihood of you killing them with too much power unless you are in a very big room. Others may know a few products that are similar and can handle a lot of power.
1. The fact that your amp is capable of delivering 60A does not mean it will do so: it will deliver just the amperage relateg to the output voltage, divided by the impedance of your speakers.
2. The fact that your amp is capable of delivering a high voltage only requires caution with the volume control, but in my experience it is easyer to ruin a good loudspeaker by using an underpowered amp (clipping does "nice" things to your tweeter.
3. Using your amp at low power (compared to its rating) might even keep you within the limits where it works in class A, which is a good thing.
4. The only drawback would be a slight degradation of the SNR, but I doubt this will be audible.
Enjoy your music!
There is absolutely no problem using a large amplifier with smaller speakers.
It's sort of like driving a Corvette; you may have 440 horsepower, but you don't have to push the throttle to the floor...lol.
Just take it easy on the volume control and no problem.
I would suggest however, that you get the Wharfedale Diamond 10.2 speakers if you are not going to be using a subwoofer. The 10.1 is pretty light in the bass department. The 10.2 is a better all-around speaker.