Matching Speakers to Amp

[jimmy29]

Apologies for the n00bish question.....

I've just bought an amp rated at 60W per channel into 8 ohms and I'm wondering what wattage the speakers should be rated at?
I've read reports that the amp should be twice as powerful as the maximum peak power of the speaker - but surely you risk blowing your speakers this way?

Any help much appreciated

 

[jimmy29]

Can I ask where you read that? Seems quite a bizarre statement

I googled 'matching amplifier speakers'. One of the hits was some review/guide on ebay : http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Matching-An-Amplifier-To-Your-Speakers_W0QQugidZ10000000000063400

I thought it was strange to, thats why I thought I'd post here and ask.

Thanks for the replies anyways, I think I have it figured now

 

[jimmy29]

/Reads the guide again

Ok my bad

What its saying is you need double the power of each speaker overall, hence you get the rated speaker power per channel.
Makes sense now