Guess I do have to chime in here:
1. Guys, it's NOT Wattage......it's current, current, current.
2. As I told you, I can build you a current monster with the big ass, huge SL caps and a bigger trannie, in the 400.000 + uF region !!!!!!!!!!!!! To put this in perspective, that's a 12 banger AMG engine.....
3. As for losing power ?????? What ???? Yes, there are actually instances where some with some speakers the amps do run out of power at very loud levels....but man, that's extremely rare, and quite insane. Even I wouldn't play that loud or would have that difficult a speaker....To put it into perspective: we have 3 owners of original Apogee Scintillas with 3 different mono amps and while I haven't heard any of these systems, the feedback from those guys has been awesome....the specs ? 79 dB @ 1.2 Ohm nominal. Can you say amp killers ???
4. As for Geowack, forget about most of his comments. Yes, there were problems in his system, apparently, and there is a back story to all of this, and the units that I bought back from him (which I normally never do , but tried to help him out after he asked me to, and at which I diverted this sale to a customer of mine and essentially waived my profits,) didn't have the slightest hum problems and the customer has been very happy since. Anyway, a deal gone bad, but that was over 5 years ago, and ever since then, if there is a chance to chime in with a bad comment, there it is, reliably. Over 5 years, since then our products changed incredibly, and there is no way whatsoever that even apples for apples, they can be put in the same league in any which way......however, if his system is better for him with less problems, then good for him, and I really mean it........let's just leave it this way. So, any comments that you would have to take into consideration, positive or negative, really should be more current, like a year or less old.
5. 4600 + customers, the vast majority happy with well over 90 % still owning the original gear, and only about 12-15 deals that went South down the drain one way or the other in 25 years. Not bad
6. However, if you really, really have your heart set on 500 + Watts, then, as I told you before, you would have to look elsewhere..........just be aware that amp a. 500 Watts is not the same as amp b. 500 Watts.........current, current, current !!!!!!!
7. And yes, there is no substitution to discussing every single detail in the system and especially the amps and then taking it for a test ride in your own system............
Late,
Klaus