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The room/listening space matters more to sound quality than any speaker, amp, or source component.
Mental modelBottlenecks
Their wordsThere is no amp, speaker or source that can fix bad room acoustics so room is the #1 part of your system, period, end of story.
Their wordsI say go with as much power as your speaker needs to thrive.
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The source component (streamer or DAC) affects a system's sound more than the amplifier does.
Their wordsthe source is so important and for me makes a much larger difference than an amp will bring.
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