Too Much Power

I find that with many S.S. amps, the best sounding amps tend to be on the lower power side. Probably has something to do with the number of outputs and the complexity of the circuit. All things equal you can never have too much power just a case of how this extra power sounds and how it is created.

Except perhaps for Quads, you never blow a speaker from power but rather from clipping. Check out the way tube and solid state amps clip and tell which type of clipping most would deem more tolerable.