That explains why they had racks of what looked like 3000w amps at the blues festival I went to. That was for the small tent venue.
Jason's suggestion to look at the power calculator is an excellent one. It really helped to calm me down when it came to power requirements. 200wpc would be a waste in my small room.
Using the calculator I can play music at 90db (loud for me)for listening position of 7.5-8 feet and only need 62W and that gives me 20db of headroom. I doubt my amp clips, even with very dynamic material.
Now, if I wanted to listen to classical music at reference levels of 100db (peak??) I might come up a tad short at times.
Still, a couple of 3000w rackmount jobs would look cool...
