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Why does a 35 watt Marantz sound better and louder than many 100 watt receivers?

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Why does a 35 watt Marantz sound better and louder than many 100 watt receivers?

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Because 35 watts/channel as specified by Marantz in the 1970’s meant… “The unit can deliver 35 watts into 8 ohms for one hour, from all channels at the same time, with no significant change in distortion, or other specifications, at any time during, or after, the test hour.” …while 100 watts/channel today (for instance, in my JVC surround system) means… “The unit can deliver 100 watts for a fraction of a second, in one channel only, if the other channels aren’t running and nothing else high energy has happened to drain the power supply of stored energy in the last few seconds.

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Because 35 watts/channel as specified by Marantz in the 1970’s meant… “The unit can deliver 35 watts into 8 ohms for one hour, from all channels at the same time, with no significant change in distortion, or other specifications, at any time during, or after, the test hour.” …while 100 watts/channel today (for instance, in my JVC surround system) means…