Wright,
I don't hace in home experience with both, but I have heard the Proacs in a shop and I own the DeCapo (non-i). I have owned the DeCapos for longer than any other speaker in my somewhat recent Audiophile life.
I don't think the Proac is going to be happy with 16 watts. I can only base this on the types of amps I've seem pushing the Proacs in shops, but I've never heard it mentioned that the Proac was particularly efficient.
I can tell you that the DeCapos work well with as little as 2-3 watts per channel and will easily play very loud with 16 watts/channel. The DeCapo is a fine speaker IMHO. It is slightly laid-back vs. some of the tizzy, tipped-up stuff that I've heard in recent years and that works well for my taste. The DeCapo plays music without calling much attention to itself. It has excellent bass response for a monitor and the bass is fairly deep and is very well defined. It is so good that I have a quality subwoofer, but I don't ever feel compelled to use it.
That's my $.02 worth.......
Enjoy,
TIC
I don't hace in home experience with both, but I have heard the Proacs in a shop and I own the DeCapo (non-i). I have owned the DeCapos for longer than any other speaker in my somewhat recent Audiophile life.
I don't think the Proac is going to be happy with 16 watts. I can only base this on the types of amps I've seem pushing the Proacs in shops, but I've never heard it mentioned that the Proac was particularly efficient.
I can tell you that the DeCapos work well with as little as 2-3 watts per channel and will easily play very loud with 16 watts/channel. The DeCapo is a fine speaker IMHO. It is slightly laid-back vs. some of the tizzy, tipped-up stuff that I've heard in recent years and that works well for my taste. The DeCapo plays music without calling much attention to itself. It has excellent bass response for a monitor and the bass is fairly deep and is very well defined. It is so good that I have a quality subwoofer, but I don't ever feel compelled to use it.
That's my $.02 worth.......
Enjoy,
TIC