Receiver too much power for the Polk speakers?!?

Gvillepope
Gvillepope Posts: 9
edited December 2008 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
I have purchased the Pioneer VSK-1018 Reciever ( [http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/HomeEntertainment/AV-Receivers/PioneerReceivers/ci.VSX-1018AH-K.Kuro ) and i'm afraid it's too much for the POLK RM705 series I just purchased ( http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/rm2008/features/rm705/ )

In Pioneer's manaul it says it puts out 110 Watts Continuous and Polk's site it says that speakers can only handle 50-100W continuous... My question is how much am i at risk for blowing the speakers or slowing destroying them?

Also in Polk's manual it says to use speaker wire of guage 18 for lengths under 25 and 16 for over 25 ft... would it be ok to use the 18 guage for up front and 16 for the back?

Thanks

As you can tell i'm new to this whole audio thing, but reallllly excited to get it all hooked up sunday!
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited November 2008
    1) The speakers will be fine.... I'm assuming you don't plan on playing them constantly with the volume turned to 11? :D

    2) That cabling is fine, too.... but may as well just get 16 guage all around.... bigger won't hurt anything. I honestly use 12 guage in my 2 channel rig, and i'm running wire all of.... 4 feet.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2008
    You're fine....don't lose sleep over any it.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Gvillepope
    Gvillepope Posts: 9
    edited November 2008
    sweet thanks... It's amazing how much I thought I knew when I bought this stuff... haha
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited November 2008
    Welcome to Club Polk! Have fun.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited November 2008
    The best thing to remember is....if it starts to sound distorted,turn it the F#*k down !!;)
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited November 2008
    gdb wrote: »
    The best thing to remember is....if it starts to sound distorted,turn it the F#*k down !!;)

    Unless you are really in the mood to buy new stuff, but are having a hard time justifying it.....

    Welcome to Club Polk. Enjoy the new setup.
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    Center............Polk LSiC (Crossover upgraded)
    Surrounds.......Polk LSi7 (Gloss Black - wood sides removed and crossovers upgraded)
    Subwoofers.....SVS 25-31 CS+ and PC+ (both 20hz tune)
    Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
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  • John K.
    John K. Posts: 822
    edited November 2008
    GV, keep in mind that the 110 watt rating that you mention is simply the maximum that can be cleanly output. You, not the receiver, are in control of how much power is used(with the volume control, of course), and for a comfortably loud average level only about 1 watt would be used. If you play material with a very wide dynamic range(e.g., some classical recordings)a very brief peak might use around 100 watts, but that's still okay for your speakers.
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  • benjiolis
    benjiolis Posts: 7
    edited December 2008
    Also from what i've learned you will almost never blow a speaker because you have a few too many watts usally it's distortion ex to much bass boost if you turn all of your gains right down you can crank the watts with in some type of reason.
    pioneer and sony watts arent measured the same way as say harmon kardon or onkyo
    my sony was 100 watts a channel and my new hk3490 is only 120watts but atleast 2X as powefull closer to 3
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,056
    edited December 2008
    I'm running a 200w monoblock to my csi3 which says for 20-125w, I have never had an issue ! so sit back and enjoy
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