exiledviking, every component from phono stage, line stage, DAC, and amps has gain. What everybody is saying from it is unlikely that you will have a problem to the amp can burn out your drivers is true. Once because I was intrigued by a 200 watt tube amp, I tried it on my 103 db efficient speakers. I was very careful about the volume, but the sound was awful. The amp's noise was just too much into these speakers.
Your speakers are probably about 86 db efficient which is pretty low, so I don't think they are the problem, nor do I think the amp is, but I do think the preamp probably got too much gain and the pots for volume control are insufficiently resistive.
Your speakers are probably about 86 db efficient which is pretty low, so I don't think they are the problem, nor do I think the amp is, but I do think the preamp probably got too much gain and the pots for volume control are insufficiently resistive.