Speaker wattage is the amount of POWER they can handle before they fail. You can put 15 watts into a 200 watt speaker. But not the reverse.
I want to set up my old turntable and listen to my record collection. I have an old yamaha rx 530 receiver/amp with 75 watts output per speaker and I am looking at a set of sony speakers that require total of 120 watts. Can I assume the receiver total is 150 watts (2 channels of 75 watts ea) and will effectively power the speakers or do I need to get a different receiver/amp?

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