I wasn’t so much referring to Watts, but current. You can see my evaluation on the Stereo board of what my impressions were when I fired up the Rotels.
In summery, I did notice a difference in overall SQ. Not a slap in the face kind of difference, but definitely an improvement. And that was going from a HK rated at 100 wpc to the Rotel at 200 wpc. I suspect that the HK is closer to 150 wpc though, so the difference in actual wattage was not significant. I attribute most of the gains were related to the pre-amp and not just power, but who knows for certain.
I have also seen numerous posts where folks went with separate high current power amps and noticed SQ improvements. I do not know the workings of tube amps, but they appear to be high in current, but with relatively low wattage. If you can, I’d suggest finding out what your amp’s current is for comparative analysis, and not put as much weight on the wattage.
