Why Don't We See More High Current Electronics?

As a former owner of VK1000 mono's and many other Pass 600 sized monster blocks I for one don't miss having to place amps of that size any more.

95dB and above speakers driven by an 8 watt 300B SET is as good as it gets for truly refined sound. But if you're not listening to acoustic music, and are of the RR family, then quality of sound isn't what you're after as much as volume of sound. Dare I say it...acoustic rules!

Isn't clipping an even worse consequence than unbalanced frequency response alone?

"But if you're not listening to acoustic music, and are of the RR family, then quality of sound isn't what you're after as much as volume of sound."

That's a very biased perspective.

There is high quality and lesser quality non acoustic music as well. Volume is part of it because that is the nature of the beast but not the whole story by a longshot.

I would argue that it is more costly and difficult to reproduce music that is meant to be loud and powerful accurately and convincingly than it is to reproduce acoustic music that you liten to normally at lower SPLs.

It's a mistake to discount music forms that one does not care for just because one does not care about them. They are forms of music people listen to as much or even more so in practice than others.

That kind of attitude is one way how audiophiles get a bad name.

Yes- audio equipment does not care what kind of music you play on it.

An amp with a low output impedance does not have a frequency response that varies with a speaker's impedance.

That depends on how the speaker is designed. Take a look at
http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_paper2.html

An excellent example is a Sound Lab ESL, but by no means the only example. You can also run into frequency response variation with highly reactive speakers (high efficiency). You have to look at the intention of the designer of the speaker.

Guys, I have assembled three well-performing and satisfying systems based in large part on what I learned from Robert Harley's discussion of amplifiers in chapters 6 and 15 of "The Complete Guide to High End Audio", specifically the discussion of the dBW Power Rating. The results of the application of what I studied have proven fruitful in my system, and in the end that's what is important.

I would encourage those interested to read the book and the specific chapters I mentioned. If it offers some help in building a system as it did for me, then that will be an excellent result. I found the information reasonably easy
for a non-technical/engineering person to understand.

Now, I will accept criticism that perhaps I haven't done a good job of explaining the technical details of what I learned, and even the criticism that I have a total misunderstanding of the topic.

I'm stepping away from offering advice or recommendations in these forums. Too much angst results from it, and frankly I'm tired of the constant debating.