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30 to 50 watts seems to be all I desire

Weird, but in my small listening room (12x16) no matter the speakers used, to a T they all can be driven quite superbly with amps in the 30 to 50 watt range.  This includes the Maggie 1.7.

I had a few 200 watt amps in rotation but took them out for now because I never got past about 8:00 or at most 9:00 on the preamp, and oftentimes it was around the 7:30 mark.

So I personally don’t buy into the lower efficiency speakers needing gobs of power to sound good.  Caveat:  Listening to mainly Jazz at volumes less than 85db, normally.

Cheers, all.

 

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oldhvymec
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What about the song 10,000 watts? Sure made Noriega give up. 

I stay at 25-35% 60-75db. Mercy the wife will punch it. I grab the Rabbit and boogie. 90-100db. Nelly Furtado seems to trigger that with her, Me I'm more of a classical guitar guy with congas, or tumbadoras. Shelia E. kinda guy.. 

I listen to a MC225 all the time. 25 wpc. Some things you just don't mess with, that little amp is one of a kind sound for sure. Nothing sounds like a MC225, it's fun.

Regards

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