Too Much Power

with speakers rated at 900 watts and have little concern about over powering or damaging them

You have a home audio speaker that can take 900 watts?

I bought these to replace a Peachtree 220. They are light weight, dead quiet and sound great. I got an offer from PS Audio to trade them for a BHK Stereo 250 so I accepted and shipped the monoblocks back. The 250 is a lot noisier but is creamy and wonderful.  Too much power is better than not enough, and you would have to turn up the volume almost all the way to get close to the maximum output. The 250 watts is more than I need because my speakers have powered subwoofers and the input impedance is over 20 ohms at low frequencies. 

@russ69 I know 900 watts sounds like a stretch and I can neither confirm or deny, though that is what's listed on the product literature

• Made under U.S. Patent 9247339 with multiple new patents pending
• Ultra-linear frequency response
• Proprietary patent pending 15 dome radiating hybrid MTM high-frequency array
• Dual 12″ low-frequency transducers
• 98dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity
• 4 or 8 Ohm design – we suggest 4 Ohm for optimum performance
• 20Hz-30kHz frequency response
• Height 69.0″ (175.26 cm) x Width 13.5″ (34.29 cm) x Depth 17.0″ (43.18 cm)
• 900 Watt power handling
• Weight 135 lbs
• Manufactured in the USA

@stevewharton  Wow. I had not seen that before. That is quite a claim. Not sure I'd want to test that claim. Thanx for the reply. 

If you choose an amp with a lot of reserve power, the advantages you will get are:

- Ability to handle a lot of extra dynamic headroom.  With today's digital sources, it is possible sometimes to get about 120 - 144 db of dynamic headroom.  If you are listening to a lower powered amp already at 3/4 of its max volume, and one of these musical sections slam you, your amp may not be able to handle it, if it is a relatively low powered amp.  On a hi powered amp, since it is extremely unlikely you will be listening at 3/4 the max volume, such a slam will be much more easily handled.

- This also goes pretty much with the above but you are much LESS likely to clip your amp, if it is higher powered.

- If your amp is class D, you will not be paying for extra heat or inefficiencies.