My main system cast offs often end up in one of my other systems. For a while I had my 440 watt per channel Wyred 4 Sound ST-1000 MKII in my bedroom with my 102 dB efficient Klipsch KLF-30 speakers. I'm pretty sure that was too much power. For that room and for what the system was intended for (mostly listening at quiet volumes before bed/sleep).
If not for the different gain settings on my ARC LS 26, the music would often have been louder than I wanted it, even at the lowest volume setting. The KLF-30's have found a new home and now I have some much less efficient (and much smaller) Canton monitors in there.
The ST-1000 MKII was in my main system for a while and was replaced by Rogue Audio M-180 monoblocks that are "only" 180 WPC. Great improvement in sound quality (not that the W4S amp was bad), and more than enough power.
There's a 30 WPC that I've been eyeing the last couple of days. 30 Class A watts. I'm going to Pass on that one (see what I did there?), but watts are just one factor to take into consideration when it comes to amplification.
If not for the different gain settings on my ARC LS 26, the music would often have been louder than I wanted it, even at the lowest volume setting. The KLF-30's have found a new home and now I have some much less efficient (and much smaller) Canton monitors in there.
The ST-1000 MKII was in my main system for a while and was replaced by Rogue Audio M-180 monoblocks that are "only" 180 WPC. Great improvement in sound quality (not that the W4S amp was bad), and more than enough power.
There's a 30 WPC that I've been eyeing the last couple of days. 30 Class A watts. I'm going to Pass on that one (see what I did there?), but watts are just one factor to take into consideration when it comes to amplification.