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22 wpc mono-blocks enough power ?

I currently have a pair of Klipsch KLF-30's....SENSITIVITY: 102dB @ 1 Watt/1 Meter, in looking at various tube amps that are out there, would a pair of 22 watt mono-blocks be enough power for them ?

Not that I am going to buy these particular amps, but using this as an example :

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?ampstube&1114207939

Or should I opt for something with more power than that, as type of music as well as levels vary.

Thanks,
riley804

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jeffreybehr
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Let's do this deciBelicly.

Twenty-two Watts driving a sensitivity of 102dB is the same as 44 watts driving 99 dB...is the same as 88 Watts driving 96dB...is the same as 176 Watts driving 93dB...is the same as 352 watts driving average-sensitivity 90dB speakers. 352 Watts is probably some 100 - 200 Watts MORE than most of us use on 90dB-sensitibity speakers.

I'd say 22 Watts will be 'plenty 'nough'.
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