Too Much Power


Please bear with me as I am nowhere near an expert at this type of thing...

I recently read a review of the PS Audio Stellar M1200 mono amps. I was somewhat taken aback by their power rating of  600 watts at 8 ohms/1200 watts at 4 ohms. Made me wonder what, if any, are the drawbacks to that much power? Welcome your thoughts...

gnoworyta

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Making a statement that 5 watts is all you need is ridiculous and it also doesn’t  mean 5 watts of class a power is all you need. I’ve had Classe monoblocks that had much more than 5 watts in class a mode and hundreds in class a/ab mode.

Get the best amp you can afford with power that is 2 or 3x more then you need for your speakers. No 5 watt amp will drive a pair of magnapan 20.1’s, but you can get a quality a - a/b amp with hundreds of watts that will make your 96db speakers you might have today sing as well as 86db speakers you might buy in the future. Decades ago, I went with amps that were rated 10x what the manufacturer recommended and they sounded the best compared to the same manufacturer other amps that were only 2-3x more powerful