Bmvanthiel

Thanks for the replies and information. On my receiver, I have a setting in place that allows the max volume to be -10DB so it's not completely maxing everything out. I basically have this in place for those social days when people are over and someone(or me) gets a little over eager with wanting things real loud. Yesterday the volume was cranked up on the system to -10db. On my center channel speaker, which is the Klipsch RP-640D, a "snapping" sound could be heard at certain points in the song when heavy bass would kick in. The speakers are set to small and I have a sub in place. The song is a rap song w/a lot of bass, Juicy J - For Everybody. I've never heard this issue before although not a lot of rap is usually played on my system. And I have only had these speakers for about 4 months. After hearing this, I obviously turned down the volume but was quite surprised it could have happened given the volume limit I have in place, my receiver power, and quality speakers in place. With the volume a little lower, the issue does not occur. I'm currently going through my settings to see if there is something else possibly causing it as well.

If a receiver is rated at 110 WPC x 7 and is connected to a speaker that has a power handling spec of 75W/300W, could the receiver potentially damage the speaker(s) if the volume is too high? For more specific details, I have a Pioneer VSX-32 receiver. For speakers, I have 3 Klipsch RP-640D speakers for the fronts, Klipsch CDT-5800 for surrounds, and the Klipsch R-100SW for a sub. I want to make sure if I really cranked up my system that the speakers could not be potentially damaged but I do not fully understand the power handling spec rating. Thanks

Thank you for your reply and advice. In the next couple days I will be able to get my hands on a few RP-240D’s so I will test that setup out.

Can the Klipsch RP-500SA be used as a main front right and left speaker? Is this speaker basically like a bookshelf speaker but more expensive due to the physical design and capabilities of being an atmos speaker? The woofer specs of 5.25 look good and the design of the speaker is very nice which is why this is being entertained. How about the RP-140d, could that be used as a main front and left speaker? Would this be better than the RP-500SA? I see this is mentioned more as being used in that way but seems weaker with it being smaller??