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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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relaks
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In my experience a 45-50W amp + 90-92dB speakers is a sweet spot if you are looking for a seriously good sound for sane money.

My current LTA Z40 is about 48W at 6 Ohm, its' volume control goes from 0 to100, and I mostly listen at 4 to 6. The speakers are 91dB.

I could probably use a 10W amp, but a bit of a headroom never goes amiss. And the tubes are never stretched.

 

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