Best to audition both amps before purchase. 8 watts/ch is only going to go so far...and that is assuming that your speaker even has a mild impedance character across the board!
Friend of mine has so called 'efficient' speakers--rated at 95db...yet these same monsters drop down to a 1 ohm load in the bass. So, he was surprised that the system sounded thin and a little veiled...
Just like JVS of Stereophile fame who was surprised at the results he ineptly got when he matched the Jadis JA200Mk2 amps up with his original Wilson Alexia's...duh!
Friend of mine has so called 'efficient' speakers--rated at 95db...yet these same monsters drop down to a 1 ohm load in the bass. So, he was surprised that the system sounded thin and a little veiled...
Just like JVS of Stereophile fame who was surprised at the results he ineptly got when he matched the Jadis JA200Mk2 amps up with his original Wilson Alexia's...duh!