You want the TRUTH from those Wilson Alexia's, maybe you can't handle the TRUTH

And the there's the really affordable McIntosh MC2KW mono blocs.

I wonder is there any room left to squeeze a supercharger? Sure I get it, but since the energy it makes wasn't designed to turn gears putting a horsepower rating on an amplifier seems a bit too gimmicky to me.   

I wonder is there any room left to squeeze a supercharger? Sure I get it, but since the energy it makes wasn’t designed to turn gears putting a horsepower rating on an amplifier seems a bit too gimmicky to me.

Try driving a pair of Wilson Alexia’s < .9ohm or XLF’s and others, then you’ll need something like this, to get the best out of them.
And lets face it, if you buy these >$50k speakers you want to hear the TRUTH and not compromise them with weaker amps that can’t pump out that kind of current.

Cheers George

Be prepared to get your electrical service upgraded! 200 W panel just for your hifi; same for your video system! 3rd one for the rest of the house; did I forget the home office? Solar City eat your heart out!

@ivanj

Electrical panels are rated by amps, not watts, but I get your point. :)

Fortunately most audio equipment is reasonably efficient at idle. Unless you plan to run those amps near peak power, I suspect most audiophiles will have no trouble at all even in an apartment.

I've gone to Class D and am just fine there thank you. The latest generation of high efficiency amps hits my sweet spot of power, affordability, sound quality and live-ability (i.e. small, easy to hide) but I do wish they had super cool output meters. :)

Best,


Erik