Bill,2 watts is not much for 94db speakers, what decibel levels are you hitting(spl meter). I have a pair of JBL 4800 (10" 3-way/91db) that when I play on my 45 SET amp will sound just loud enough to hear, but on a pair of Edgarhorns(105db) will run you out of the room.
I wonder if the output of the cd player is a difficult impedance for the 45 amps to take????
Bring them to my house this saturday and lets check it out. What about the 300B amps, does this situation also occur?
Ron