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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
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wspohn
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Not clear on exactly what you are doing.  You are running another pair of speakers (Chorus) along with the Klipsch?  If so, why?
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devaultcarl1 OP
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Yes I’m running both chorus and La Scalas.
its a 25-20 room and I like the surround effect. And I like loud music.
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devaultcarl1 OP
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Allright I hooked my la scallas to my emotiva 2gen3 amp and much better sound all around. But I still get the fuzzy midrange when pushed. Now my question is why not compensate with an equalizer? Turn down the offensive frequencies instead of altering the expensive speakers.
creekmaster
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You say you upgraded tweeters and crossover ,what about the mid range drivers? I replaced all components in in set of belles from Crites and it was a big improvement.im driving them with McIntosh 601 mono blocks,which is extreme overkill,only because I’m in between b&w’s right now.sold my 802 d’s and waiting for a set of 800 d2’s to pop up somewhere.
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roxy54
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Now that is what I call OVERKILL! 
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