John
Once again, your commitment to theory and your contempt for experimental results leads to an absurd conclusion on your part.
You say "published power ratings have to be accurate," in the face of test results and personal experiences which strongly suggest otherwise. It's nice that you trust.
You believe that any amp or CDP of similar rated specs will produce audio output which is indistinguishable from units of similar published specifications.
Wow, find out that the published specs are not accurate and your world is rocked.
I have a theory. You believe that any solid state amp is essentially indistinguishable as to sound quality from any other solid state amp of similar rated output.
You also believe that any CD player or DVD player is indistinguishable from any other as to sound quality. May I guess therefore that you have chosent he cheapest receiver, CDP and DVD player you could find?
I think that your theory is a bit brittle about the edges, and fails on the first test.
