I'm not the original poster, but I like my Synergy 240/3 quite a bit. It easily bests my Denon 4310's internal amps. It's not quite as good as the FetValve 400R I had but they are very, very close. With my Salk Supercharged Songtower's, I've never found the need for more power. I'd need to run out of the room before it would start clipping. I do notice a small amount of high-frequency hiss but it's at the "ear against speaker" volume.