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Shocked. Need Opinions. How muck power do I need?

I’m moving so of my sound gear around. As a temporary measure, I set up my little Cambridge EVO 75 in my main system. Driving my Dali Mentor 6s in a large room (36x36). Speakers are 9 feet apart and seat is 10 feet from speakers. This 75 water replaced my much more powerful monoblocks. To my shock, the amp drove these speakers just fine. The bass was a little weaker, but perfectly acceptable.  Here’s what I want to know— if 75 watts are enough, will 40 watts do? I’m talking all solid state. What say you?
 

 
 

 

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In general, the Dali 6 have an impedance of 6 Ohms - that means a high current amp may sound a bit bass heavy - which the Dali's are prone to,

The efficiency of the Dali's is 89 ish if I recall correctly - I think Tube amps would sound best or a Class A amp like Pass or Plinius as second best.  Why?  The Dali's tend to sound lean and could use the harmonic richness of a good tube amplifier.  

A thirty watt tube amp or fifty watt solid state would sound nice.

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