Enough power?

[Deleted member 48726]

okay then why one would spend 1k on amplifier to upgrade a 0.3 k amplifier? Because is considered a normal upgrade path on buying better and better amplifiers

Bragging rights? Expensive isn't necessarily better. You should venture a bit into the amplifier review section..

 

[antcollinet]

okay then why one would spend 1k on amplifier to upgrade a 0.3 k amplifier? Because is considered a normal upgrade path on buying better and better amplifiers

Very good question.

And it is only a normal upgrade path in a world full of subjective reviews and marketing convincing people that more expensive must equal better. Because it's obvious isn't it?

Base your upgrades on objective measurements, rather than lyrical reviews and you won't go far wrong. Need more power. Buy an amp that has that. Need features - same. Want some audiophile jewellery - be prepared to pay for it.

But don't buy an amp for better sound unless measurements show you both that your existing amp is defective in this area, and a potential new one is not.

 

[wwenze]

Cool thread, thanks to OP for bringing this up.

This makes sense. But, it's common for some people to recommend high-wattage amps without referring to desired listening volume. And I'd like to understand why.

For instance, Amir wrote this in his review of my speakers (Elac DBR62):

He has circled an area is at 110 Hz (corresponding to A2 on the piano).

What does he mean here? Could a low-power amplifier actually start clipping at 110 Hz driving DBR62s at normal listening levels in a normal-size living room?

Link: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-debut-reference-dbr-62-speaker-review.12232/

-50 degrees @ 8ohm calculates to be roughly 5 ohm resistive + 6 ohm capacitive. Even in the worst case where you can treat capacitve loads as a dead short, there is still 5 ohm of resistive load in between. This is still an easier load than many speakers.