I've had a cheap Sony receiver rated at 100 wpc, then switched to a Pioneer Elite rated at 110 wpc. I don't give much credence to the wpc rating, but I do think that the power supply has just about everything to do with the sound. The sound difference was tremendously different. One unit was light and the other was heavy, hence the better power supply.

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