Like I mentioned in my recent review of the M3's when i went from using my tube amp rated at 50wpc on the M3's to my monoblocks which i dont really know what kind of WPC they are but I think its 180 into 8 ohms IIRC, I could get to pretty respectable levels on the 50 watts. It sounded cleaner with the big monoblocks but I know for a fact that also had to do with the way those two sound compared to eachother as well. Even with all the extra power they can only go so much. I got to a point where I did not feel comfortable giving them even more power, which was much less in volume than my M80's when I reach the same point with them. Although they still hit the kind of levels I cant imagine anyone actually listening to on a regular basis.