Too much power?


I have a wonderful system with a great amplifier, and yet auditioned a more powerful version of the same amp. It indeed seemed to have more punch and drive, but at the expense of playing it a bit too loud. As my current system I rarely play over 70 db, since it’s perfect at low levels. I wonder other than bragging rights, what does more power get you? Since we aren’t here for PA style sound, is there a reasonable limit to how much you will benefit from higher power/ more expensive and? Especially since tire just using one watt most of the time?

dain

Showing 1 response by curiousjim

More power isn’t always the answer in hifi. My speakers are 92db sensitivity and I also listen mostly in the 65-80 db range.  Probably using 2-25 watts of power. 
Maybe I missed it, but what’s the rest of your system?