Good discussion; however I never said that the proposed amplifier needed to be pure class A. That would be the only way that the power problem several of you alluded to would come up.

The quality of the switching circuitry available today is so high that a very good high current amp could be made that could drop from class A to class C under high current loads and still provide the kind of power I listed for those applications that would require it (such as Outlaw bragging rights without melting down the 15 amp breaker in your home breaker panel.