Why Don't We See More High Current Electronics?

Peterayer, we agree on that- all the system can do is reproduce the recording as accurately as possible.

Hack, a high current amps prowess might be lost on a speaker with a 16 Ohm impedance.

Mapman, thanks for the sentiments. The beat goes on. I'm still looking for the high current amp in the used market that better matches my speakers and fits my amplifier profile:

clarity with bass weight and refinement
Not extremely heavy: 50-90lbs at most- bad back
amp w/higher input impedance is required for my Cary SLP 05
high current - doubles down - 100-300 wpc
not over $2k
known for quality sonics
Mirage OMD28 speakers

In a tough room like my wife's sun room, options to achieve "perfect" sound are limited.

1) minimize the imperfections through tweaking and learn to live with it
2) have the room professionally analyzed and based on findings, do some combination of treatments and/or signal processing using a graphic or parametric equalizer
3) rely on near field listening
4) headphones

For 2, a newer possible variation these days that might prove effective is doing the needed signal processing in the digital rather than analog domain. That provides more flexibility and precision in whatever processing might be needed.

Ironically, directly below my wife's sunroom is my office where my gear lives and often serves as my main listening room. This is also 12X12, however I have not had problems getting whatever speakers I put in there to sound spot on.

There are other differences that I suppose help account for this:

1) I had the ceiling and walls in that room insulated when the house was built so as to have a place to liten without disturbing anyone. It also has a solid wood rather than hollow door for same purpose

2) standard 7' whatever drywall ceiling, actually lower towards rear where there is a conduit so ceiling is not flat

3) rigid concrete foundation floor with very thin but dense industrial grade carpet and padding

So I guess my point is that there is a lot of factors that go into how a room "sounds" and it can be hard to predict without actually hearing it.

Foster,

The Class D/icepower BC ref1000m monoblocks I am using meet all your criteria except for price and power exceeds your stated range at 500w/ch into 8 ohms, which is generally more of a boon than a problem with most large full range speakers built to run all out at higher volumes.

The bass is absolute top notch in my opinion with any kind of music, have not heard anything better in terms of proper weight along with refinement/articulation, at least in my two well tuned rooms (one larger and one smaller). In the sunroom, anything I use that sounds balanced and right in those two rooms tend to go a bit boomy and bass heavy, which clearly indicates that the room is the thing that brings the performance level of an otherwise nicely balanced rig down a notch or two, at least in my case.

I think this is one of the amps that Tvad mentioned above that he has tried and found to deliver properly balanced sound.

I've tried every "good" speaker and amp combo I've owned current and past in that room and always similar results, OK but not great.

I haven't tried my realistic Minimus 7s taht I use over the summer on the deck though! THat might be worth trying! Smaller may be better in a case like this with overzealous room acoustics!