Max power handling, please help

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I was in my local Guitar Center, interested in a pair of KRK ST6's. Their specs say: "100watts max power handling". I have a Yamaha amp that's 40watts per channel. The guy at Guitar Center says I can't use it on the ST6's, they need at least 100 watts. He says the Yamaha's 40watts will damage them. He also said that if a given amp is rated at 100watts, then it's delivering 100 watts to the speakers regardless of volume setting.

Am I being told the right things?

(As an aside, I'm not looking to crank up the KRK's to super hot levels...)
 
Buy the monitors from another salesperson and use your Yamaha 40/40.

When you get another $200 or so, then you can invest in a Hafler 65/65 and probably much cleaner.

But the amp won't hurt your monitors.
 
Does guitar center just hire people who don't have a clue or what? I have seen so many post where "the salesman" told somebody something that was incredibly bogus.
So what exactly kind of damage was your yamaha going to do to the speakers lol? Let me guess, he had an amp that was 100 watts per channel that he could cut you a really good deal on , along with the speakers?
 
If you continuously clip the amp it can burn out the voice coils on the speaker. Just watch the clip lights on the amp and you should be fine.
 
TexRoadkill said:
If you continuously clip the amp it can burn out the voice coils on the speaker. Just watch the clip lights on the amp and you should be fine.
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There are no clip lights, but I'm talking about running the amp no higher than 40% of it's total gain... But that's what I figured, clipping would damage a speaker, but not clean low watts.

I thought I remembered reading an article by Sidney Hirsch saying that when running at average volume levels, most amps/receivers are running at just 1 or 2 watts... True? The guy at Guitar Center said the amp is ALWAYS giving the speakers full wattage...

Thanks for all the help!!!
 
You want to run it close to max. You will more likely clip it running at lower power.
 
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