Watts, and clarity.

Orpheus10, 
Well stated. Power will not adequately substitute  for a lack of needed quality. If it were simply about increased power then every manufacturer would just produce 1000 watt amplifiers and the  "clarity"  issue is resolved.
Charles 

Sorry for not being clearer about the source of the "scissors" snap. I got this from a video on Youtube called "Miss Hologram". I would cut and paste it for you but I am on my Mom's computer and she has an easy set up because she is not tech savvy. I actually cannot copy and paste with it. Anyway at about 6:06 into the video Bob Carver discusses his friend that did the testing. WARNING, the video is extremely corny, it was the early 80's after all and this was when he was drumming up business for his second company, Carver Corp. 

As far as amps go, I already have some Carver m-4 t's that sound great as long as the impedance of the speakers does not dip below 4 ohms.

Watts on second. 

Thanks for the responses, although judging the context there are some who may not understand "all other things in a stereo system being equal."

Let me second that Eric is a pretty swell guy. I think @clearthink confused him with someone else or someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Coffee time. ☕️

All the best,
Nonoise