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<blockquote data-quote="FJF" data-source="post: 6393419" data-attributes="member: 601907">As a very general rule of thumb, you&#039;re always better off with more power. How much more depends on the environment, your individual listening habits, and the (working) sensitivity of the loudspeakers. In my case, dealing with a very loud car that allows every bit of ambient noise into the cabin, I&#039;m running ~350wpc to the mids and ~70wpc to the tweeters. The system needs the power to overcome the noise. As a listener, I want to hear lightning-fast transients, no compression on (musical) peaks, and razor-sharp detail. Without the power, relative to the noise, such a thing couldn&#039;t happen in this system.In your case, the environment is a lot more quiet, your speakers are more sensitive, and you&#039;re running two pairs of components. All this points to lower power requirements. I bet a Zapco Ref1000.4 pumping 150wpc would play music with headroom to spare in your system.The older Soundstreams were terrific amplifiers that hold their own today. The newer models, not so much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FJF, post: 6393419, member: 601907"] As a very general rule of thumb, you're always better off with more power. How much more depends on the environment, your individual listening habits, and the (working) sensitivity of the loudspeakers. In my case, dealing with a [I]very[/I] loud car that allows every bit of ambient noise into the cabin, I'm running ~350wpc to the mids and ~70wpc to the tweeters. The system needs the power to overcome the noise. As a listener, I want to hear lightning-fast transients, no compression on (musical) peaks, and razor-sharp detail. Without the power, relative to the noise, such a thing couldn't happen in this system. In your case, the environment is a lot more quiet, your speakers are more sensitive, and you're running two pairs of components. All this points to lower power requirements. I bet a Zapco Ref1000.4 pumping 150wpc would play music with headroom to spare in your system. The older Soundstreams were terrific amplifiers that hold their own today. The newer models, not so much. [/QUOTE]

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