Is powerfull Amps only for low sensitivity speakes?


Dear Friends,
The general amp advice for the speakers 92+ db sensitivity speakers are mostly low power amps and mainly set or pp tube devices. I wonder if you have any experience with a setup of high sensitivity speaker with 100+ watt amplifier. 
My speaker is va sarastro 2 and at the moment driving it with accuphase a60 power amp. I've an opportunuty to buy Arc Gs150 amp with a good deal.
thanks for your comments
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See here for Audio Precision measurement graphs of a 2x350 watt pro audio amplifier: http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/amplificateurs-de-puissance-haute-fidelite/mesures-ampli-yamaha-p...
In short, there is no problem, and the test concludes that this amplifer is excellent for domestic high quality audio systems:
CONCLUSIONS
. La puissance annoncée est largement obtenue (370W Rms sans remontée de distorsion, pour 350W Rms annoncé)
. Bande passante extra-large (ceux qui lui reprochent de manquer d’aigu, faudra m’expliquer...)
. Distorsion infime à bas niveau, très faible jusque la limite de l’écrêtage
. Pas de distorsion de croisement, toute petite remontée de distorsion dans la zone 0.5W - 8W Rms; pas mal vu le faible courant de repos de l’étage de sortie!
. Un ampli que l’on peut utiliser en utilisation domestique comme en sono de qualité
. Quant au prix... "honteusement bas" pour un appareil de ce niveau de perfs (400 euros chez Thomann...), de puissance et de protections.

Je suis content d’avoir acheté cet ampli et son grand frère P5000S pour mon système tri-amplifié, ce P3500S va donc rejoindre mon rack pour driver les médiums CMCD-JBL. Je suis convaincu, attachant une grande importance aux résultats de mesure.
(Je suis électronicien de passion et de métier)

Petite anecdote je n’ai pas entendu le ventilo se déclencher pendant les phases ou je le faisais travailler à puissance max le temps de la FFT..
La résistance de puissance, elle commençait à sentir le chaud!

Que reste-t-il aux "classe A" ésotériques et infiniment plus chers? je ne rentrerai pas dans ce débat...
Read more at http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/amplificateurs-de-puissance-haute-fidelite/mesures-ampli-yamaha-p...

This excellent amplifier until recently sold for 350 euro in Europe, and currently for just over $500 in the US.
Thank you "itsjustme" to well explain what İ try to learn.
Dear "almarg" my preamp is upgraded version of sonic frontiers line3. BTW Gs150 is owned by my friend and he is also having gs pre. I'll buy both or only the amp.
Regards,
ozan
Sounds good, Ozan! The Sonic Frontiers Line 3 is a fully balanced design, so it can certainly be assumed that it provides a balanced pair of signals on its XLR output connectors. And given the very high 300K input impedance of the GS150 there certainly won’t be an impedance compatibility issue.

Enjoy! Regards,
-- Al

obatu
Is powerfull Amps only for low sensitivity speakers?
Obatu, don't just get caught up in the amount of wattage needed for the sensitivity. Yes this is important, but only half of the question/answer. As you have impedance also to deal with as well as negative phase angle. These mean how much current is going to be drawn from the amp, not just the wattage.
EG: As you can have a pair of speaker like Wilson Alexia which will be driven to sound far better with a 25w ML2 monoblock than a 1000w amp that has not much current ability.  

Cheers George