Paul S wrote:

It seems like many speakers that might be acceptabe at low to mid volume with simple music begin to compress and otherwise screw up when "pushed", either dynamically or with more complex music. Of course, plenty of people really have no use for speakers that can truly play loud, because of their listening preferences, or because of their living circumstances, and these folks have "other things to think about", in terms of efficiency and dynamics. It is much harder to find and implement acceptable amps and speakers that are truly powerfull. If people are listening in a small space, and/or they need to keep the volume down, they can take advantage of a much greater number of speaker/amp pairings. No sense worrying about a giant system if it won't get used to capacity. Paul S