@Carlsbad2; True as to a couple of watts. However it's the transients in demanding recordings that eat the daylights out of watts. Particularly low frequencies. It take a LOT of current to move woofers at high SPLs with difficult tracks. That's where the reserve or "margin" that big subwoofer wattage comes in handy.
In my system I added a pair of Bryston 700Bs to drive my 6 woofers (tube amp for the mid/tweets) and the difference in bass and musicality was substantial.