B & O Speakers S 45-2 crossover ...a fire hazard ?

Never heard of this, but agree with Erik.

Try to view the crossover and look for pad down resistors checking their wattage rating.

The owner of a stereo shop (and myself) tortured a pair of the first 45 version for an entire afternoon in 1977 (just for fun when I told him I was moving to CA in a few weeks).

We blasted rock and classical running them with a big Bose amp and another power amp with little lights forming a "V" on the front (forget the manufacturer).

They survived while sounding good, but they were new speakers - not 40 year old speakers.

I'm guessing that a 10 watt rating would be fine for that speaker, but you could use 20's for peace of mind.

DeKay

I think if you have a concern a contact to B&O might be the proper path.

When I had old B&O speakers I bought an excellent crossover kit from a B&O expert hobbiest in the EU.  I think I found him on the Beoworld (?) forum.  Folks on that forum can probably help with your concern.

Thank you alot for your responses.