Am I going to blow my Apogees with all this power?

Ponnie, Did you say the long wall?

Yes....you will blow the SHIT out of them!.....just kidding.....think I had a few too many drinks on this beautiful New Years Eve!hahahaha! You will be prfectly fine..you can never over power, under powering is the issue! Happy Holidays to all of you!!!

My apogee stages were driven just fine by a 200 wpc aragon 2008 amp (back in 1995). If the Centaur is anything like the stages, you will have speakers that can do the you-are-there thing like no other.

Oh my goodness, thanks everyone for your responses! The carver's supposed to be stable all the way down to 1 ohm, which leads me to believe its got current to spare.

As far as the high power with sensitive speakers bit, That's a Klipsch forum thing. I know logically it makes no sense, but there's guys over there running 500 watt crown amps that swear makes them sing like no other.

Have the Carver back in the system, sound is definitely different, less gritty somehow, but t feels like the Venetian blind effect is a little worse. I'm having a hell of a time finding a spot for the centaur majors that doesn't make certain bass notes boom and others disappear. They're 4-5 feet from the back and sides of the room, so they have room to breathe. Maybe all the reflective surfaces? Lots of space, but also lots of wood and brick.

Anyway, thanks again everyone, hell of a community here, glad to be a part of it :)

I run a McCormack DNA500 into my Apogee Calipers. That's 500W into 8 ohms and 900W into 4 ohms, and my Calipers are basically 3 ohm speakers. No problems with the extra power - Apogees need that low impedance stability.

More importantly, are you bi-wiring them? Apogees "require" bi-wiring to sound their best. No logical explanation why, but it is very noticeable when you try this.