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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 2636493" data-attributes="member: 550915">Many of the differences are totally irrelevant.&nbsp; High end amps tend to clip more elegantly which doen&#039;t matter if you don&#039;t ever drive you amp into clipping.&nbsp; My opinion is that if you can hear the difference in two amps putting out the same amount of unclipped power, then one of them is broken.Typically where your extra money goes on a &quot;high-end&quot; amp is better quality of components, a more robust design, overkill on the power supply and output devices, consistency of product (tigher tolerence build components result in a tighter tolerance of power outputs between samples) and longevity.As far as where the law of diminishing returns kicks in, that&#039;s an individual decision.&nbsp; You really don&#039;t need to spend more than $0.50 a watt to get a pretty good amp these days for a Class A/B and $0.25 a watt for Class D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 2636493, member: 550915"] Many of the differences are totally irrelevant. High end amps tend to clip more elegantly which doen't matter if you don't ever drive you amp into clipping. My opinion is that if you can hear the difference in two amps putting out the same amount of unclipped power, then one of them is broken. Typically where your extra money goes on a "high-end" amp is better quality of components, a more robust design, overkill on the power supply and output devices, consistency of product (tigher tolerence build components result in a tighter tolerance of power outputs between samples) and longevity. As far as where the law of diminishing returns kicks in, that's an individual decision. You really don't need to spend more than $0.50 a watt to get a pretty good amp these days for a Class A/B and $0.25 a watt for Class D. [/QUOTE]

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