Naim amps??

Power output is far from the only consideration in cost/quality of an amplifier. If one is operating very efficient speakers, only a few watts are required, so the emphasis for that kind of system will be on very high quality (musical) for the few watts of output.

Even with fairly inefficient speakers, 75 watts is more than enough to get very high volume.

With my speakers, I comfortably get by with about 7 watts per channel of power. My amp, an Audionote (uk) Kageki, retails for far more than $2,000.

They value quality over quantity. It seems that is an unfamiliar concept to many Americans.

Arthur

Jack,

The previous two posters are correct. It's not about "watts". In my system, using my speakers, I could never use 75 watts. Currently I'm using a 5 watt/channel amp and I also own a 40 watt/ch amp. I never turn the system up past about 75% volume with either of these amps.

Concerning cost of Naim: I know of many amps that are less than 10 watts/channel that cost more than $5000.

It's all relative. For a typical Best Buy consumer, a NAD amp is expensive. For a NAD consumer a Naim amp is expensive and for a Naim consumer, a Wavac or Lamm is expensive.

Enjoy,

TIC

I know of many amps that are less than 10 watts/channel that cost more than $5000.

Steve Martin used to say that banjo music was the best value out there, offering more notes per minute than any other kind. By his calculation methods, $500+ per watt is simply not an acceptable cost ratio. :-)