Quad 2905 amp matching

Want to follow this only because I know that while plannars like Maggies or electrostatics going to very low oh loads like Martin Logans can require mega amps amps I thought the Quad could be damaged by too much power.Isn't the Quad amp a 40 job?
Chazz

According to Quad a max of 100w is required. Am using a CJ 70S rated at 70wpc(configured for 8ohms) with the 2905s. Quite often with the preamp( CJ CT5)showing a gain of 60db,the self protection circuit kicks in and one of the speakers shuts off. This is easily overcome by reducing the gain by 1 or 2 db. In other words the Quads don't play really loud and don't like or require loads of power unlike the MLs or Maggies. My earlier speakers, the ML Odysseys would'nt sing at less than 75wpc. Sam Tellig was quite right in his review(Stereophile 06/07)that 50wpc is enough for the 2805s.
Cheers

As far as I know Pass amps can drive anything... Not as familiar with Threshold, but after 2 minutes of web reading it seems they also focus on similar goals as Pass and can deliver power to super-low Ohm loads. I would be shocked if the Pass 350.5 or better can't drive anything to super-high levels and/or blow 70% of speakers altogether with a high-gain pre-amp if they have no protection circuitry.

It would actually be fun to take some X1000.5s and see how many speakers (yes, even super-high end) can't be destroyed with it. I suspect very few would survive, including 86 db sensitivity speakers.