Actually, you can build or buy a "Pad" that drops the speaker levels from your receiver down to line level. Or, if your easy to make a pad. Do you know how to solder? Genelec ap note includes the proper resistors to solder inside the XLR shell. These are nice speakers. As with most studio monitors they are revealing, so bad mixes will sound bad (they won't pretty things up for you). The good things about powered speakers (IIRC these are bi-amped) is you actually get the power claimed, even with all channels driven simultaneously.