A:AnswerThese are not powered speakers. You will need to connect them directly to your receiver or power amp. I'm sure they can handle more than 100WPC. Start off with getting a used amplifier with maybe around 200-250WPC and see what you think.
A:AnswerGibson Guitar has filed for Bankruptcy and as a result sold Cerwin Vega Home Audio back to Cerwin Vega Professional Corp. So, none of the CV Home XLS products are being produced at this time. We will have to wait and see if CV Professional who now owns CV Home will continue the XLS Line.
A:AnswerThe grills come off easily and yes, the speakers can be used without them. It will not affect the sound one way or another. Although, some true audiophiles prefer to listen to their speakers with grills off. These are not audiophile speakers.
A:Answer250W RMS
"Cerwin-Vega sells internationally from two main locations; one in Deerfield Beach, FL, and the other location in Brussels, Belgium, while manufacturing their pro products primarily in Malaysia and home products primarily in China." Per Wikipedia.