The simple answer is rarely. If you want to seperate out the real garbage form the better quality from a piece of paper is look on the spec sheet at the weight. A friend years ago bought a 5x100 watt Sony home theater receiver it weight was less than 5 pounds it was a gutless horrible thing. He then got given to him a old pioneer receiver that was 50 watts x 2 and he got something that had some guts a real power that didn't blow up all the time it's weight was around 40 pounds. Better sound. That is a very simple way to make the first cut before you listen but if they weight something it will be better than a item that the box and packaging weights more than what is inside. A quick way to judge low-fi
Is more amp power always better...?
Hello.
Asking advice on what power Amp/int amp I should buy for my room size...
I have a small listening room. 11' x 10'. I have 89db speaker sensitivity I am going to buy a solid state amp.
For best audio quality (ignoring all other factors), my question is:
Do folks advise "Buy as much watts per channel as you can afford"? -OR- "Buy enough watts for the room" as more watts in reserve do not mean better quality audio?
Put another way: are more watts in reserve better for audio quality, even if amp does not use this power?
Thank you...hope this was clear.