.....guys, the difference is....watts, in reserve, for spl peaks, and the quick and timely reproduction of the lows....the peaks and sudden low tones are met with 500 watts of availability, or 200, and that availability only shares the food with one other sibling from the Golden Transformer.....
.....if you have a peak of 80 or 100 watts to the speakers, with a surround receiver, you're either AT the end of the road, all channels continuous especially, or only have a little bit left, to react with any authority, to the peak or the low, and it probably won't be enough to effecively handle the peak or the low, now you see what I have against surround receivers....yes, distortion, when you clip the amp section with six other amp sections sucking the transformer dry....or....non-life from watts being depleted.....
.....distortion blows speakers, not watts....speakers rated 150 can take 300 with no distortion involved.....Mtrycrafts, you know I didn't mean anything but that you obviously speak on this subject with not having experienced it....it ain't ALLLLL snake oil, Sir....watts in reserve sure isn't.....
.....what you hear, suddenly has more musicality, and the "lows" are what makes you start bobbin' that head and tappin' that toe....she will notice the increase in the musicality of the music right off also....your speakers will sound better at less than reference levels....but reference levels, is why you do this, good grief, does it sound better....three or four have used the word amazing....I join them, as to the music coming to life, tight, with an increased level of musicality or live presence......