What is missing here?

@kevn  Kevin, perhaps you could answer my question. If you read the review I alluded to in my OP, there is no mention in the body of the work that the amp in question puts out a maximum of 9watts/ch and at 10% distortion. Furthermore, there is no mention of what kind of speakers would seem to be mandatory if one is to consider this amp. Given that you state that the relationship between components is a very complex aspect ( which I concur with), I ask this:  if you had bought this amp and hooked it up to your 88db sensitive speakers, and the result was far from what you are expecting based on the review, what would your thoughts be?

Hey daveyf, thanks for your question - well, first off, I read to the very end of every review for information I might have missed, or that could tell me everything I might need to know about the equipment in question. And I would find the specifications or measurements at some point, which in this particular case, was in the specs section. And this alone would never have been sufficient for me, obviously. For an item of any cost, let alone this particularly higher priced piece, I would have proceeded to then uncover, through more reviews, friends, specialists and the like, every thing I could possibly find on it, in order to develop a good picture for myself regarding what I’d be actually buying. You see, any review is just written by another human being, more experienced or otherwise, but nonetheless as human and as imperfect as you and I are. And that’s all that any review is, another small piece of the huge jigsaw that a component is about, you see? To merely take any one single review as gospel, would be to dis-service to yourself, and place unfair judgement on another human being, who, even as a professional reviewer, might possibly not know even as much as you or me, regarding certain aspects of our audio world. But I will still read every single word written in critical appraisal, for everything else he or she might know more about, and the smallest clues that might help better my understanding of what the product does, or can do. Everyone told me my 15wpc SET would never work with my middling/low sensitivity speakers, but I had a hunch the solid state rectifiers would control the bass well enough, and indeed they did. There are simply too many ways to skin a cat, to shut anything down purely on account of specifications and measurements, and this is the reason why a single review, whether biased for or against the numbers, will never do : ) - I hope this all makes sense! 
In friendship - kevin

@kevn, That’s a great answer, tells me that you are indeed a very smart buyer. Not so sure others are as smart as you, but I guess that is why they too would be in for a learning experience.