I received some great audio advice early in my 20’s from a 75 year old, tone deaf, audio store owner who built his own speakers. In his store, he had an LED watt meter so when we cranked the music, we could see how many watts we were really listening to. We were amazed at how loud 1-2 watts could be! His advice was to turn the music lower and save our ears, they are the only ones we get.
As a result, I’ve always had a preference for low wattage gear.