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RE: Help me pick SET monoblocks

"Their model with seating 2.5 meters away, 93db speakers, 95 db volume at the seating position and 3 db for overhead gives a 20 watt result."

20 watts won't produce clean 95 dB SPL average volume in this scenario for musical reproduction. Peak to average power of music far exceeds 3 dB. Check out the link below, particularly the section near the end titled "PEAK POWER VERSUS SPL."

FWIW, I'm not trying to tell you that the results of what you're proposing won't be satisfactory for your own personal listening preferences. I can only tell you that the combination of components you're describing won't approach realistic levels for orchestral playback. My own system at the moment consists of 4.5W/ch SETs and speakers that are 97-98 dB efficient in a fairly small living room. Maximum average SPL is far below the SS systems I owned years ago, and judicious use of the volume control is always required to avoid saturation. This limitation is much relieved with 25W/ch, and that's the minimum power level anyone should be recommending for use with 93 dB speakers.




Edits: 08/23/17
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