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More Power is always good?

Hi all,

I'm a little lost in my search for the amp. Does more power (like more than 100W) means good?

I have been around listening to various amps, maybe a little too much that confused me.

Say for a room of 16ft by 20ft. What is the optimum power requirement?

For example, once I heard the Sugden A21Se (Class A 30W) driving the Spendor S6E, everything was nice except that I found that the basss definition and extension is lacking which is a concern to me, the showroom was smaller than my room. That's why I'm looking for amp with more power (like 100W), am I wrong? Will Class A amp like Sugden MasterClass or Accuphase E530 or Lavardin or others similar amp with power rating of 30W-50W be sufficient?

by the way I am using the old SF Grand Piano Home. I'm looking for a good amp that will outlast the GP Home, i.e. I don't have to change amp when i change the GP Home.

Any comments?

Thank you.
pingpong

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jeremy
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Hi Pingpong, still searching for an amplifer ?

As for the question, I believed u can find all the answer above.

It's all come back to what speaker u wanted to drive.
More power doesn't really mean good. Its the quality of the power that's more important.

I went down to Ong radio & did ask the same question.
The salesman demonstrate to me. As what I know more power is required only at the dynamic part of the music.
Of course, the size of the room, what music u listened to & the sensitivity of your speaker play an important part. Speaker of high Db is much more easier to drive than lower Db.

Most of the time a speaker consumed very low wattage
( 0~5W ).
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