You might get a 20w amplifier to drive a speaker to 'deafening levels' but the reason you would be being deafened is that it will be clipping transients horrifically on any material with a decent dynamic range played back at a decent level. Sure a horn loaded loudspeaker will make a lot of noise with a low powered amp, but at the expense of some dreadful colourations, not to mention lots of money. I agree with Labarum, a 20w/channel amp in a £1k product is just odd, most modern decent speakers just aren't sensitive enough to be driven effectively by such a product. I suppose you could listen very near-field though, but if it was me I'd be looking for a decent amp, that didn't constrain my choice of speakers or playback dynamic range.
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