Can you ever have too much power?

Consider the following. Quad speakers have a protection circuit to keep them from being over driven. However, it has been pointed out more than once that less powerful amplifiers tend to trigger the protection circuit more often than high power amps. Enter current management and headroom; amplifier control is at least as important as Watts and many high power amps do it better.

Subaruguru beat me to the punch and with so few words! Rats.

My Cinepro 3K6II is too much power. I now have so much volume, so fast that my subs can barely be heard. Balance in your system is what you will lose. Along with power comes noise unless you have the big bucks. I will be returning to the 200wpc crowd before too long. Maybe seperate amplifiers next, I haven't decided yet.

Hmmmmmmm, I've always felt that when an amp was running too close to its limits, the sound wasn't as good as when it was just crusin' along not being pushed. I think some headroom is a good thing.

Yes, you can have too much power.