Here's what I have in my bedroom system and it sounds absolutely wonderful:
Totem Model 1 with Audio Refinement Pre2DSP pre-pro. My original amp here was the Audio Refinement Multi-5, because this room also does a bit of home theater, too. At 125 wpc, the AR Multi-5 sounded pretty darn good, because it's a good amp. But then I added a Marsh 400s (200 wpc stereo amp) for the main front left-right channels. The March A400s does 200wpc into 8 ohms, 400 into 4 ohms. All I can say is... WOW, WHAT A DIFFERENCE! The extension, the bass, the detail. Don't get me wrong, the AR amp was nice, but the Marsh amp really lit-up the room with the TOTEMs. I'm using the extra 2 left over channels from the AR Multi-5 for a Zone 2. A bonus! Hope this is helpful.
Totem Model 1 with Audio Refinement Pre2DSP pre-pro. My original amp here was the Audio Refinement Multi-5, because this room also does a bit of home theater, too. At 125 wpc, the AR Multi-5 sounded pretty darn good, because it's a good amp. But then I added a Marsh 400s (200 wpc stereo amp) for the main front left-right channels. The March A400s does 200wpc into 8 ohms, 400 into 4 ohms. All I can say is... WOW, WHAT A DIFFERENCE! The extension, the bass, the detail. Don't get me wrong, the AR amp was nice, but the Marsh amp really lit-up the room with the TOTEMs. I'm using the extra 2 left over channels from the AR Multi-5 for a Zone 2. A bonus! Hope this is helpful.