Allaboutmusic
pfm Member
In terms of bunching up, I don't think 20 Watts between each is too close. In general though and not directed at rega manufacturers will want their top end amps to be more powerful than the lower ones from a marketing point of view. However with regards rega I would say there is more differentiation than just power, if you look at the designs they are different and just not down to power. Eg. New brio has separate power supply's for pre and power, elex and elicit share same power amp stage but different pre, aethos is dual mono. So it's not just a case of power and more to do with design and quality, although that is obviously subjective. The additional power is useful though if you have difficult speakers or large spaces.