Hello,
I think your Emotiva amp is H-class and the Bryston is A/B or an exceptional D. I tried the Emotiva and went back to the A/B. We had a discussion about power a few days ago. If your speakers are somewhat efficient You would be more than fine with the 200W. I am using a 100W Marsh Sound Design and it blows away the Emotiva you have sonically. Plus if I were to turn it way up I would go deaf with my 100W. There can be an issue if you cannot utilize the power it does not sound as good as a lower wattage amp. If I were pushing Thiel speakers or a low sensitive speaker I would take the higher wattage. You could spend that $1000 on something else like a better DAC or cartridge. I wish you could test both so you could hear the difference.
I think your Emotiva amp is H-class and the Bryston is A/B or an exceptional D. I tried the Emotiva and went back to the A/B. We had a discussion about power a few days ago. If your speakers are somewhat efficient You would be more than fine with the 200W. I am using a 100W Marsh Sound Design and it blows away the Emotiva you have sonically. Plus if I were to turn it way up I would go deaf with my 100W. There can be an issue if you cannot utilize the power it does not sound as good as a lower wattage amp. If I were pushing Thiel speakers or a low sensitive speaker I would take the higher wattage. You could spend that $1000 on something else like a better DAC or cartridge. I wish you could test both so you could hear the difference.