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1 hour ago, AudioDoctor said:

with my speakers that are 88db efficient, does that mean I was using roughly 1 watt of power maximum?

 

That’s the typical power required for a comfortable 80 or 85dB listening around 3 meters or so. 

 

Here is a Nagra driving a 90dB speaker’s which was at demo level loudness. It hardly crossed 1W. Depends on the music, at times it can hit more than 500W during peak.