In yesterday’s post about the fluidity of my stereo system, I mentioned upgrading from the amazing BHK300 monoblock amplifiers to the newer BHK600s.
More than a few people emailed me asking why. Why would I upgrade what is already an overkill amplifier to one with even more wattage?
It’s a good question. Let’s look at some of the specifics.
The Infinity IRSV in Music Room 2 is about 90dB efficient. Meaning that for 1 watt of input power we can expect to get 90dB of sound at its output.
90dB is loud.
1 watt is nothing.
300 watts is overkill.
600 watts is absurd.
And yet I am still over-the-top excited. Not because I have more power than I could possibly want but because this new amp will bring an entirely new level of performance to an already amazing system. And because the extra wattage I now have places even less of a demand upon the amp.
What we do in high-end audio isn’t always logical.
It won’t take but one listen to not care about the logic.
It’s all about the sound.
