Helix Hifi
Distinguished Member
As mentioned watt is not always important, it is the amplifier current that is important.Thanks for all this, my big problem is that I'm new to this and my current Panasonic pmx152 is advertised as 120 watts RMS so when I looked at the Marantz pm7000n it appears no more powerful.
I understand that manufacturers of systems such as my Panasonic aren't that honest about the specs such as watts power output. This why I was thinking of the Muso or CX81 solution.
Could you explain because I do like the look of the Marantz as it would enable me to spend a bit more on speakers.
Some of the best amplifier only has 20 watts!
Depending if you have very efficient speakers, not so efficient speakers you probably need between 20-40 watts depending room size, sitting distance.
Still I’d go for amplifier between 50-100 watts.
You get more headroom if you have an amplifier that is more powerful.