ARC Ref 75 vs REF 150


Why in the world did AR not put any meters on the front panel of the 150's? Do they hinder the sound quality in the 150's? I'm torn between the 2 but it makes more sense to spring for the 150's so that i have the extra power. However from reviews online, it sounds like 75 watts is plenty. My room is 20x24x 8ft tall.
chenglo1

The Ref 150 is the only one in the series that does not have meters. Both the Ref 75 and Ref 250s have the meters. I think it is because they wanted to use the same casework as the Ref 110.

It all depends on your speakers. My speaker are relatively efficient at 93db. I still preferred the Ref 150. I liked the extra headroom and I thought the bass was just a bit crisper.
It's hard to speculate if 75 watts/ch. is enough in that room without knowing the speakers being driven...

-RW-
Nice speakers. I'd go with the extra power to satisfy an 88db sensitive speaker with the bass capabilities of the C4.