Almost invariably I’ve noticed in friends outfits, that some were noticeably IMO underpowered as the sound in the mids and bottom end was well, I’ll go with ‘soft’’ or fuzzy. Not to the point of most people’s notice, but to my own appraisal. Again, I came to this revelation by moving up in amp power rating and build quality as time passed so it was actually an incidental observation. Albeit, a valid observation no less.@blindjim that description really sounds like the amp clipping- all bets are off at that point.
are you nutz even suggesting any of your amps would compete with the Gryphon I mentioned on a speaker such as the Wilson Alexia, or others even with similar hard varying loads.Funny about that- John Giolas had our amps for years- Soundstage thought it was the best system they had ever heard. Going back decades, our amps have worked pretty well on the Wilson speakers. The newer speakers are lower impedance, but in practice retain the Wilson quality of otherwise being easy to drive. And as you know, if its merely an impedance issue, the ZEROs are always there to help any amplifier out.
I rather doubt that I'll get the opportunity to hear our amps against the Gryphons while driving Wilsons, but it would be fun.