What is speaker’s Sensitivity ?
It is defined as the loudness in dB measured at 1 meter from the speaker when one watt is being applied to the speaker. Let’s say the spec reads 90 dB. A scale would look something like this:
90 dB = 1 watt
93 dB = 2 watts
96 dB = 4 watts
99 dB = 16 watts
102 dB = 32 watts
105 dB = 64 watts
108 dB = 128 watts
111 dB = 256 watts
For each 3 dB gain (the amount that your ears can hear as a change), you have to double the wattage. In our example, a 100 watt amplifer would drive your 90 dB sensitive speaker to a maximum output of 105 dB. Anything above that would probably be distortion.