Jack,
The previous two posters are correct. It's not about "watts". In my system, using my speakers, I could never use 75 watts. Currently I'm using a 5 watt/channel amp and I also own a 40 watt/ch amp. I never turn the system up past about 75% volume with either of these amps.
Concerning cost of Naim: I know of many amps that are less than 10 watts/channel that cost more than $5000.
It's all relative. For a typical Best Buy consumer, a NAD amp is expensive. For a NAD consumer a Naim amp is expensive and for a Naim consumer, a Wavac or Lamm is expensive.
Enjoy,
TIC
The previous two posters are correct. It's not about "watts". In my system, using my speakers, I could never use 75 watts. Currently I'm using a 5 watt/channel amp and I also own a 40 watt/ch amp. I never turn the system up past about 75% volume with either of these amps.
Concerning cost of Naim: I know of many amps that are less than 10 watts/channel that cost more than $5000.
It's all relative. For a typical Best Buy consumer, a NAD amp is expensive. For a NAD consumer a Naim amp is expensive and for a Naim consumer, a Wavac or Lamm is expensive.
Enjoy,
TIC