Hello,

I've just aquired a pair of ALTEC 1218A musical instrument speakers. The specs say they are rated for 50 continuous power with the HF setting at '0' or 100 watts with it set at '6'.

I plan to use them for live music, although they do sound amazing with good clean stereo input. Can anyone tell me what size pro-audio power amp I should match them to? I was thinking 150 to 200 watts RMS of good quality amplification (approx double the rated input). Would the 50 watts be the same as an RMS rating or is it higher?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.