"DanMan" wrote in message
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Hi, i have a yamaha rxv730 (400 dollars purchased 2 months ago) it
gives out 75 watts to each channel. If i have klipsch sb2s (85 watts)
hooked up to the stereo output could this cause a problem? How about
at a certain volume? Could this be the cause of my left channel
being twice as loud as my right channel? Is it no problem to have a
speaker that can take more wattage than the receiver can give out?
Any help will be much appreciated!

Your speakers and amp seem like a good match. I think it's more likely you'd
damage your hearing before you'd damage the speakers.

Clipping distortion, which comes from overdriving the amp, is the quickest
way to destroy a speaker. The sound of a clipped waveform is obvious, and if
you were hearing it you'd know.

In addition to the process of elimation to isolate the source of the speaker
imbalance (make sure the problem is present with all signal sources, then
swap just the l/r speaker, then swap just the wire, to see if the problem
moves), you might first check to see if there's a "balance" or "channel
level" item in the receiver's setup menu, and make sure the levels are set
correctly.

RichC