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The End Of Big Iron?

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Once upon a time you could buy a 1,000 wpc, a 900 wpc and a 750 wpc monoblock from Krell. You could buy a 1,000 wpc monoblock from Pass Labs. Now, 575 wpc is the biggest you can get from Krell and 600 wpc is the biggest you can get from Pass Labs. The muscle of flagship amps in those mfgs has been virtually halved. I mean, was 1,000 wpc, 900 wpc, or a 750 wpc amplifier ever necessary? If they were, why are they no longer necessary? What has changed in audio or speaker technology to cause the dwindling of 'muscle' amps?
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czarivey
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Onhwy61 maybe it's not big deal on 1kHz, but bigger on other frequencies depending on speaker. If you plan to install Meyer Sound arrays in your listening room, than probably you'll feel difference.
For average home rooms and speakers It's not big deal anyways.
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