Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners A/V receiver for Epic 80?

Wattage at the speaker end is just a measurement of how much power the speakers can take without blowing. It is not a measure of how loud the speakers can go, etc. In fact, it is an overly quoted, unimportant factoid, if you're looking at decent speakers. Basically, if the speakers can't take 100 watts, I wouldn't touch them, but other than that, the wattage rating is unimportant.