Sounding good at very high spl and being able to “adjust” the sound to my liking.. never cared much for what the “purists” say..
I like my music the way I want to hear it.
Speakers always the limiting factor for me with secondary being source material that starts sounding terrible at higher volumes.. I detest delta sigma dacs… too much added “brightness”. But they measure sooo good!!
Tons of power available with Carver and speaker protection circuits saved me more than a few times…
Only put amps without protection circuit on the 901s .. rated IIRC “unlimited power in non commercial use”.. 🙂. Eq’d and frequency limited to mids and highs, (multi-amp, xovers and never without the 901 eqs) don’t blow or distort with good source material.
I have blown and/or heard egregious distortion from speakers costing 2-5x as much, usually the tweeters just get too hot and burn away. Looking at you Martin Logan Motion 60xt..
in other words.. I only care about what I hear, that meets my desires, at a price point I can afford for equipment that has proven record of lasting decades.