This reminds me of a post by Alan that I came across trying to figure out the whole amp power thing. It helped me understand some of JohnK (and man others) was talking about, while seeing the utility of bigger amps and better amp sections in AVRs. I'm sure I'm the last one to see it, but I'll post anyway.
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