Back then the speaker cables we used in the lab/sound room were what I eventually took home and used in all my systems for the next twenty years. My first thought about even needing a 'reference' cable was when I started at Marantz designing speakers in 1971. After reading that series just about anyone who really cares about using the cable path as a legitimate upgrade had a fairly good handle as to which new cable might offer true sonic improvements versus a 'snake oil special' which somehow filtered the audio signal. The general, rough rule of thumb is to avoid turning the volume control much past the 12 o'clock position for records (phono), and about 10 o'clock for things like CD's or other line-level inputs.Initially, the Audioholics topic that impressed most was their multi-part series on cables. That's enough for some convincing volume. That's a pretty healthy volume and add 3 dB every time you double power - 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 watts, so 83 + 4x3 = 95 dB. Most people won't be as close as 3 ft., maybe 6 ft, so volume will go down by at most a factor of 4, so subtract 6 dB to get 83 dB from a watt. If it's, say, 86 dB/w/m, you get 86 dB for 1 watt input, about 3 ft from the speaker. What you could do is get the speaker's efficiency in terms of dB/watt/meter. So if the manufacturer recommends a minimum of 20 wpc, I'd say you could get plenty of volume out of that. To me, it's much more important to have really good speakers you love the sound of than it is to be able to drive them to chest-thumping levels. You can get a pretty decent amount of volume even with a couple watts per channel. I wouldn't worry too too much about having enough power to drive a pair of speakers. r/vinyl Anything and Everything about Turntables & Records r/VintagePortableAudio The best of vintage portable gear: portable cassette players boomboxes discman and more

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