SS amps. Why so much power?

Maybe I'm way off base here, but isn't part of this the way that amps clip? I always thought SS amps clipped in a manner that sounded "bad" and therefore having lots of headroom to deal with transients is "good".

I'll admit that the following is a gross exageration but (here it goes, I know I'll be eaten alive by some of you) I find most speakers with decent bass present a low numerical impedance load. Have mercy!

Nearly all the speakers manufacturers put cheap drivers with ceramic magnets into all their hi to low end speakers. Also the sealed box speaker design also a major contributing factor in lowering the over-all efficiency of the speakers. As audiophiles, the "only weapon" to
"compensate" are to use powerful amps(SS or tube). Bigger is better! That's why nearly everybody have big powerful amps and hope that the speakers will become less stain, congest, compress or less distort...........

Re: volume, I once had a musician friend( trombonist) visit me, who upon walking in my door exclaimed "isn't your stereo kinda loud?" I replied that I was trying to replicate the the sound of the original performance ( a small jazz combo playing a mellow bluesy piece) to the scale of the room and distance from the sound source. He just happened to have his horn with him, so I invited him to play along with the recorded music. He was astonished to find that he couldn't play softly enough to properly accompany the music. Now, I believe two things were going on here. One, that a trombone wasn't designed to play in an average living room, but in a larger concert hall. Two, most people (not you dear readers)are accustomed to low quality "Hi Fi" systems that distort terribly at anything above low volumes (Especially those who mostly listen to TV (not serious home theatre)). In anticipation of horrid above low volume sound in a typical home environment thier defences arise before relaxing and allowing themselves to enjoy the moment.

In the SS case it's imperative to keep away from clipping as far as possible. That's the way the transistor will operate linearly. Getting even close to clipping will result a large scale of distortions. Clipping can result the driver damage and blown transistor(s). Tubes clip less dangerous to itself and speakers as well.