Hi 124
Myself and two mates worked in the 60's as a trio and we produced our own columns with four ten inch speakers each, as you say we didn't know anything about the technology but they seem to work very well. In fact one of my mates still has the speakers in the top of his garage. We used to power them with 150w "Geloso" amp.
hi-power stuff in those days.
Col
LOL! Yeah, our first amp was a Vortexion we bought from the Army Surplus Shop for 15 quid. Not much more than a chassis covered by a vented tin shell and two D-handles. (They call that sort of thing 'retro' now, and charge a bundle

). Must've been all of 40 watts.