Define power hungry...B&W speakers


I need to know what is important in amplification to power my B&W CDM 1NT's. Rated from 50-125 I believe. How much minimum power is necessary, damping factor, etc. What specs are important to me?
Thank you!
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Showing 3 responses by mattmiller

More power is always better, it provides headroom and plays out with more weight and solidity, better definition throughout the range. For anyone with real world listening volumes like me. I listen to my system between 35-350 watts, because I like to feel the music too. B&W's are traditionally easy to drive 8 ohm speakers and watts are cheap! Unlike my Dynaudios that suck power up like a cat drinking milk.
Ya, you are missing something Bombay.....WATTS! Its amazing how some people try to skimp on what's needed most for a lot of speaker brands...is just plain ole clean power! That's all B&W's need is power and ANY amp can drive a 8ohm load with ease!
I have always heard B&W's with big McIntosh solid state amps, makes sense now. Thanks for the info Bombaywalla.