Originally Posted by
Mr. Widget
It just isn't that simple. A really good 50 watt amp like the KSA 50 will sound better than a mediocre 200 watt amp. But the 200 watt amp will play louder (~6dB) with lower distortion than the 50 watt amp.
Most of us probably listen to music below 100dB in moderate sized rooms so a 50 watt amp will do that with 93dB/1w/1m speakers and have almost 10dB of headroom for peaks. This is likely all you need, but if you want recording studio playback levels that tend to get pretty hot, you'll need more power. 200-500 watts.
These higher power figures are assuming 20-50 watts continuous with 10dB peaks.
Widget