"Wylie Williams" wrote in message

So how much power is needed, anyway? I have a wide variety of expert
opinion to choose from, and I have not experimented with super power. But
if the exquisiteness of high priced stuff is overkill, high power would be
affrdable.

Picking the Wattage for the power amplifier is easy. Lets say your
making a system using a three-way electronic crossover. Make the
amplifier power, for each driver, equal to the rated power handling of
that driver. For example, if your midrange driver can handle 100
Watts, make the midrange amplifier 100 Watts. If your tweeter can only
take 20 Watts, use a low power amplifier for it. etc.

How much power is needed for simulating real musical instruments or a
real band? *A lot*. But, if you put that much sound power into your
living room, how long are your ears going to last?

Bob Stanton