Too much power?

Your first priority in buying an amp should be how it sounds with your room and ancillary equipment. The power rating and all other specs should be secondary or even irrelevant - no need to obsess over impedance matching, max power levels, etc., just focus on how it sounds to you.

Unless, you need to drive inefficient speakers to ear splitting levels in a large room, then the power rating becomes a major factor. You wouldn't rule out a car because of too much extra power for 65 mph, so why short yourself of a good amp that happens to have more power than you'll probably use.

Yep, I'd rather look for quality in this case rather than in quantity. Look for used VTL TT25. These little monsters will rock, roll, jazz and hop at ease. You can even switch between triode and ultralinear operations.

I've been doing a lot of research on what amp to get. The thing is, I want something that will sound good listening to alternative/hardrock. I'm finding out that what most audiophiles consider to be good sounding amps, won't do well with me. On the Klipsch boards I asked what amp with the speakers that I have will sound good with the music i like. There were many responses, but in my price range, %80 of them were Aragon. Some said 4004 others said 8002. I've heard elsewhere that Aragon sounds really good on Klpispchs because they are strong on the bottom. Therefore the efficient horns aren't too loud. That's what I've based my decision on. Thanks.

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The aragon will soften out the klipsch just enough.

I agree w/ Newbee and Jmc in that you can never have too much power although w/ super powerful amps you do have to be a little careful. To put it into perspective, the 200 wpc Aragon 4004 will only play 3 dB louder than the 100 wpc 2004 at maximum volume-- and that's not much.

I also agree w/Newbee in that w/94 dB efficient speakers you really don't need much power, and a good 50 to 200 wpc amp would be enough to blow you out of the room-- could be a lot less expensive also. Good Luck and Cheers. Craig