I went from a 225 watt anthem to a 75 watt Belles and the belles sounds better.
I went from a Classe CA-150 to Classe CA-200 and the 200 was better.
I went from an Adcom 545 to 535 and the 535 sounded better.
No way to tell. If all other things are equal, more watts is most of the time better. I’d rather have 100 clean watts with great current than 1000 watts with no current.
Amps and Dacs are different so like Doug said, no shortcuts. I.e. $50k speakers connected to a $200 receiver isn’t going to sound as good as a $5k pair of speakers connected to a $5k integrated.
Put another way, michelin pilot cups on a toyota camry isn’t going to make it handle like a porsche
I went from a Classe CA-150 to Classe CA-200 and the 200 was better.
I went from an Adcom 545 to 535 and the 535 sounded better.
No way to tell. If all other things are equal, more watts is most of the time better. I’d rather have 100 clean watts with great current than 1000 watts with no current.
Amps and Dacs are different so like Doug said, no shortcuts. I.e. $50k speakers connected to a $200 receiver isn’t going to sound as good as a $5k pair of speakers connected to a $5k integrated.
Put another way, michelin pilot cups on a toyota camry isn’t going to make it handle like a porsche