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Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers

Hello. 

 I have some polk LSIM707s that I thorough enjoy.

However, at the moment I'm powering them using a Yamaha aventage 3070 receiver which at 150 watts at 8ohms sounds pretty darn good. 

However, since these are rated at 300 watts at 8 Ohms, I assume I will need some more power. I notice at lower volumes a lot of the imaging and clarity disappears. 

I am looking at buying a 300 watt emotiva Amplifier, or a 500 watt emotiva amplifier.

I'm assuming it would be better to purchase the 500 watt per channel emotiva so the speakers won't suck it dry or stress it. 

Am i wrong in this assumption? 
moskaudio

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coppy777
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Many good suggestions here, two that stand out are:

If you increase power and keep the same mass market level of product, you will hear little improvement.  Be sure to go up in quality vs. power, you will hear the difference.

You should audition a good quality tube amplifier.  Tubes have a different sound that many of us prefer.  My preference is for Conrad-Johnson products in both areas, many c-j amps are available on the used market.

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