Hi!

I thought that I should post a slightly contrarian point of view. While I agree with everything that the above posters have said, you should be aware that the extra watts are not absolutely wasted.

For the most part you have a desired listening level - say 75 dB. However, the one thing that the other posters haven't mentioned is the dynamic range that most movies have. You may like listening to conversation at 75 dB, but there will be times when you get a spike in volume level such as in an explosion or even something simple like a heated argument. At those times, you want to have the extra power available to fully express the dynamics in the soundtrack.