Hi all ...
A quick question .. might be a dump question .. hope u all dun mind ...

If my speaker is stating that the max power handling is 100w, Nominal impedance = 8ohm, can i use an amplifier that is having 125W per channel to drive this? Since the power delivered by the amp is higher than the power the speaker can handle, will it damage the speaker?

Thanks and hope to hear from you all ...

Regards,
JS

Some article did provide the following guideline:
"In general, the amplifier power needs to be larger than the speaker's rated power. This is because an amplifier only delivers its rated output power with sinewave signal, and delivers much less with a real signal with dynamics. As ageneral guideline, it is recommended to use an amplifier delivering 50% more power than the speaker's average ("RMS") power. For example, for a speaker with 450W average power, an amplifier with an output of 700W may be used. If a small amplifier is used, sufficient level will not be reached, nor the perception that it is attained, so the signal will tend to be clipped to compensate, thus endangering the integrity of the speaker."

But assuming an amplier is claiming that it will be able to deliver constant 125w and the max power that the speaker can handle is 100w, do you think this works fine?

The speaker that i am using is the B&W DM602, rated as max power handling = 100W (RMS) and Norminal Impendence = 8ohm.
I am trying to get the Onkyo TX-SR706 or 606, which is having a 7*125w (RMS), so i am just worried that it may not match. A bit lazy to bring this heavy stuff to the shop .. hence ask some of you guys here and hopefully can get some good advise

For both
but mainly for movie ..

muahahaha u r quick as well
Thanks anyway ...

OK .... thanks all .. i believe i got the answer now :-)
Again .. thanks ..