Well to preface...at the ear damaging levels I like my music, I definitely use more than 1 watt. I want to be able to achieve,120db...just because I can :p. After retiring my defect rotel...i just cant get it close to loud enough. Plus, I prefer extended stereo for music...i want(perhaps more than I need :p ) 500 watts available for every channel.
I'll start with a 3 channel ada and go from there tho. Who knows...maybe ill be pleased enough with that time to start saving.