Mark/Bren. OK 10 watts to push my 60's with a Denon 3805. So why have an amp? I'm not trying to be stubborn. You only need amps to listen to really loud music? A 10dB increase in sound requires ten times the power (from Alan's newsletter). Since I don't know how much power I'm really using but the sound is not strained, I don't need to bother?

Ever since I started reading these boards I've learned a lot from members and I thank you for it. I sometimes stay at the computer late at night reading older posts here and other forums (Outlaw, S&V, Audioholics etc). I sit here and hear/feel the rumble of the EP500 while my son watches a DVD. I am beginning to understand what I have been missing all these years. Now I want to understand and buy the proper equipment to make the most of it.

I love my Axioms. But these are relative inexpensive as speakers go. I'm just beginning to wonder what a pair of speakers that cost $10,000 - 15 and much more sound like.