Why has amplifier power become a big issue


Back in the day I drove my Advent speakers that were very inefficient with 30 watts per channel. Today I run Vandersteen 2 ce speakers which are more efficient then the old Advents with 50 watts per channel and way more current. By most this is underpowering the Vandersteens, what has changed?
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Why has amplifier power become a big issue

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When you say power, there’s two types, current and wattage. You can have 300w in a small package with no current. But to get that 300w with great current as well, things start to grow, so does your electric bill.
It’s because many hiend speakers themselves have become harder and harder to drive, many of Wilson ect droping down to sometimes 1 or even less ohms, unheard of back in the day. They need both wattage and current.
And it became progressivly worse since those Avent days, not a bad thing as todays harder to drive speakers sound very good compare to the old sludge boxes of yester year.

Cheers George