Is there such a thing as too much power?


   I downgraded power from 300 watts per ch to 70 and I like the sound better! I always thought more power is a good thing, but could that be wrong?

Please enlighten me...
gongli3

Showing 1 response by kingsleuy

Not all Watts are equal.  That's why one 50watt amplifier may sound better than another 50watt amp.  We drove a pair of Dahlquist DQ10s with a pair of 80wpc Stax amplifiers to uncomfortable levels that a 300wpc Kenwood could not achieve.  Of course, in 1980s dollars, the Stax was $3000 more then the Kenwood.

I have experience on damaging speakers with Too little watts.  Driving them into distortion and all of a sudden, no tweeters.