How much power can a pair of Klipsch La Scalas take ?


I have two emotiva 2gen 2 amps and I was wondering if I can safely run my La Scalas on them. They rate the speakers at 100-400 Watts at 8 ohms.  My amps are 250 rms at 8ohms. And 500 at 4 ohms. I’ve herd Klipsch speakers act more like 4ohm speakers than 8. I up graded the crossover birds and horn tweeters from bob Crites and they sound amazing. So I don’t want to hurt them .
devaultcarl1

La Scalas are no where near 4ohms nominal.  They are so efficient that your amp will only feed them on average about 20w/ch and "maybe" 75w with peaks in an average sized room.  With that said, I hope your Emos are dead quiet because if not you could easily hear the noise floor during quiet passages.


Bill

Thanks bill, I bought the La Scalas to keep up with my chorus speakers. The chorus speakers would drown out any speaker I try and run with them. The La Scalas are about as sensitive as the chorus speakers
so there a good match sound wise. But power handling not so much.
And on the noise I bought a mapleshade noise suppression ground loop with double helix wound power strip.the lows are pretty black👍
… So I don’t want to hurt them .

@devaultcarl1 --

In the context of the Klipsch La Scala's and their power handling I'd assume for above quote to be aimed at your ears. Sporting 104-105dB sensitivity you'll hit some 120dB's or slightly more with 100 watts, at the listening position up to some 3 meters away. That's a lot of strain on you ears. Indeed I'd lower above rated average wattage usage by at least factor 10. Don't know the size of your listening room though (and listening distance) added to how hard it's damped, which can change the estimations notably. How old are your La Scala's?
My room is 25-20, my La Scalas are 1970. I up graded caps and tweeters. They sound great I run a svs ultra sb16 with them. I like loud music but also like clean sound down at lower sound levels.