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Old October 12th 08, 05:34 PM posted to uk.rec.audio,rec.audio.tech
Eeyore
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wrote:

Woody wrote:
It largely depends on the efficiency of your loudspeakers, the type of
music to which you listen and (perhaps to a lesser extent) how loud you
like to listen to it and the size of your listening room .


Focal JMLab Chorus 714V

Power handling 130W max
Sensitivity 91dB


Above all, if you listen to music that requires details - such as
classical or jazz,


I do

as against heavy metal or rock - then do try to at
least listen to the amp in the shop before you buy it. Although they are
all designed to achieve the same sonic end they do sound different.

But do they?
And even if they do, the trouble with listening in shops is that the
listening room is very different from where I will be using the
amplifier.

Phileas