There are many ways to make this decision.
Old school Linn fans overloaded the front end to good effect for those who desired that kind of sound.
Often in retail, we demo'ed speakers with electronics far above the norm (and 30ips tape) to show ultimate speaker capabilities on a modestly priced speakers.
In the 90's, Mark Goldman used to carry around an NAD3020 to play with Watt/Puppies to show a good way to build a system.
All have their proponents and with good reason. IMO, decisions should be more based on what the actual individual components are than on their relative price tags.
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