Possibly Ignorant Power Question


Hi all, 

I've been looking to up my two channel game and am looking at nicer integrated amps.  In the process many have said "look for power that doubles as ohms halve" meaning 100W@8 becomes 200W@4 etc.  So the question is why do some manufacturers then have ratings such as "200W@8,4,2 ohms".  I thought you wanted the power to spike, to rise to the occasion of a heavier load?  

If there's a thread on this that exists already feel free to point me there.  

Thanks! 

EW
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@smrex13 I hear you but the one I really like was tested by Stereophile and exceeds both 4 and 8 ohm ratings by a decent margin.

@millercarbon I'd like to know what else you think is low impedance besides Tekton?

@oldhvymec and others....rest assured i'm not making a decision strictly off of this, it was more curiousity. Mcintosh is the example here.  The MA352 hybrid integrated is rated (from memory) @200/8 and 320/4 ohm respectively.  Yet the more expensive MA9000 is 300@any impedance.  Why not tout it as 300/8 and 600/4 or whatever it is?  It does seem to correlate to their autoformer (?)  products.