Well choose your speakers first . Todays amp's -driven within their spec's- rarely impose any audible signature at all unless designed that way ( tube amplifier with transformers ) .
Speakers are usually designed so that an amp with very low output impendance and a flat frequency response gives the output the designer expects and designed for . ( There are exceptions as always ) So it comes down to speakers impedance demands ( complicated xover in multiway speaker ) sensitivity and room size . That sets how much power and stability you need then it's feature set build quality and compatibility with other things and even design if it's going to sit in fulll view in the music room . If you are frugal you get the cheapest amp that can still handle your speakers in your listening situation :) Anecdotaly I've has speakers from Canton and Snell that where quite happy with 50wpc and then Dynaudios that needed >200w -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107946 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
