Is More watts better?

[Resident Loser]

Can someone give light on my question? I have a Harman Kardon avr-230 which I believe is rated at 50 or 55 watts in stereo. I am looking to buy a used Citation 22 power amp rated at 200 watts (I think). Will this make a significant differnce in sound and what kind of differences will it make? Is it worth the extra money? I have Paradigm monitor 9's as fronts.

Thanks.

...I'd buy the Citation...I have a Citation 19 (100Wpc@ 8 Ohms/ 200wpc@ 4Ohms) purchased in the mid-80s (as I recall) and it has served me well over the years...wide bandwidth and high current output...According to the owners manual, a pdf. @ the HK site, the 22 is of a like breed, check it out here:

http://manuals.harman.com/HK/Owner%2...22-24%20om.pdf

While specs aren't everything, they're a good objective place to start...

jimHJJ(...feel free to ignore all the subjective, anecdotal claptrap and background noise contained in this thread...)