80 watt 5.1 receiver

my friend is giving me a Sony 5.1 receiver because he is getting a new one. I just wanted to know if 80 watts are good enough/loud for a bedroom because that's where I'm going to be keeping it if I take it.

thanks. I also wanted to know this. I have an old insignia 200W 2.0 stereo receiver that is 2 channel (100 x 2) is the 80 watt 5. receiver better?

80 watts plenty unless you have really expensive speakers. My 90 watt 7.1 receiver does my KEF/B&W 685s perfectly.

It depends on the source as well.

My Denon is 90wpc (with 8ohm speakers, 125wpc with 6ohm) and volume goes from -80db to +18db.

For normal music listening I find -40db plenty loud enough, DVDs seem to be mixed quieter, but still -20db is fine.

80wpc should be fine if paired with half decent speakers.