More Power Part II

I am not getting into a definition game.

What I meant was : " Don’t buy the most power you can afford but the best power you can afford."

and that is up to your ears. My point was that power alone is a poor indicator of sound quality. Same goes for retail price.

My suggestion is to evaluate Ayre, Pass and Luxman because they sound distinctly different, around 100 Watts.  I think you will find your ears will have a strong preference for one brand which cannot be made up with more power in another.  For instance, if you like Ayre at 120 Watts/Channel, but don't like Luxman, getting a bigger Luxman won't make up the difference at all.

The power question comes from me reading someplace that to reproduce the sound level of a real piano takes 200 Watts.

That's nonsense.  And no, you should not get the most power you can afford, but the best power.  I believe Bob Carver was one of the people hyping the idea that anything less than a few hundred watts would clip, or some nonsense like that, something no reputable study has reproduced.

Good 90 Watts beats mediocre 300W any day of the week in home reproduction.  If you are trying to fill an auditorium you might feel very different.