Sorry guys, but my son took it apon himself to take my 15 years dead Crown 150 wpc DC300A with him over Christmas and just reported that it is breathing again. Just have to send in my Stax SRA-12S pre-amp, send in my 416-8A woofers for recone, and get a matched pair of pascalite diaphrams to get the A7-500s back in shape, and I will be back to rocking 120db music. Nothing beats POWER. You can keep your 1 watt, I also listen to my stereo outside, in -30 below temperatures when no one is around to call the police.