Is there such a thing as too much power?


   I downgraded power from 300 watts per ch to 70 and I like the sound better! I always thought more power is a good thing, but could that be wrong?

Please enlighten me...
gongli3
already mentioned above but worth repeating - watts has nothing to do with sound quality.  Class A, A/B, Class D all sound different for a reason.


It depends on a lot of things but probably no.
You don’t state the amps you dealt with so I’m guessing they aren’t from the same manufacturer. Did you go from a class a/b amp to a class a amp? Both SS or both tube?  If you have very efficient speakers, then you might have a better shot at having a low power amp be better compared to having a 85db speaker which would be hard to drive with such low power
MC
Yep... awful comparison (lol)
Nice car though (the Porsche that is). I think the comparison vehicle should be a little better controlled like a later Porsche 911 GT3 RS, or better the 918 Spyder 😁
Roger Modjeski argued that except in the case of very sensitive loudspeakers, all amplifiers are occasionally driven into clipping. He went on to say that how an amp behaves while clipping (stability, generation of distortion) is a result of the quality of it’s design, and that behavior an important contributor to the amp’s sound quality.
No such thing!
 More power the better.
this is a dead horse mention.

  More power is always better.
no,clipping, no reserve loss.
  Headroom is your friend!

 300+ RMS is the answer.

 Make sure their good!

 If the first 2 watts are trash, why have 299 more?

 Get good amp, and don’t look back!