Why Don't We See More High Current Electronics?

"Your Stax "ear speakers" are, ehem, a different can of worms."

No doubt.

They are similar to electrostat and other planar speakers, very inefficient, and require some power (not necessarily current) to drive well.

I do not listen that loud with these though. A 20w/ch or so soft clipping tube integrated could work quite well for these I suspect as well as with the Triangle monitor + sub combo.

They aren't expected to fill a room with sound.

Unsound,
Well what can I say? We just have different taste and hear differently. most of the very best natural sounding systems I`ve ever heard were comprised of high quality but low powered amplifiers with very efficient speakers. Utterly natural/organic music reproduction with disarming realism and presence. That`s my personal experience ,if your ears have led you in a different direction then by all means continue to follow it. Ijust know what`s been better to me that` all.
Best Regards,

Another reason that there may not be as many high current electronics as you might think could be that they are only of concern to "audiophiles" looking to max out performance of there system. Most people get by fine with less than industrial strength SS amplifiers in whatever gear they happen to listen to.

It's only the audiophile camp, a small niche itself, that is concerned with things like high current, high efficiency, tube amps, etc.

I will say though that within that niche, tube gear and high efficiency speakers to go along seem to be experiencing a renaissance and cutting into the high current SS amp/lower efficiency speakers domain compared to the recent past, so that would have to have some effect on how much of any particular design one sees.

I think Atmasphere is a big force behind this, at least on this site. He apparently makes some very nice gear, believes strongly in what he does and is a verbal champion of the approach, so kudos to him and the others who have helped breath some life back into the paradigm!

Atmasphere,
You stated basically that you think the goal of any high end audio system is to have the equipment sound like real music. I think many would agree with this approach. However, given the great variety of recording quality, doesn't this imply that the system will impart some level of coloration to make one's whole collection sound like real music? What do you think of the approach that equipment should be as true or faithful to the recording as possible, ie, as neutral and transparent as possible? Great recordings will sound great but lesser recordings, not as good.