If someone talks in watts, they don’t know what they’re about. The measure that matters is watts into 50 ohms load. This will be completely different (around 1/10th) of what an amp cam output into an 8 ohm load, which is typical for a speaker.
But that’s not the full story. The amplifier wattage spec is just where distortion gets high, not the maximum output. Many amps can sound amazingly good operating above that spec. I have used amps rated at 1W into 50ohms that have sounded amazingly good on HE6se.
If someone talks in watts, they don’t know what they’re about. The measure that matters is watts into 50 ohms load. This will be completely different (around 1/10th) of what an amp cam output into an 8 ohm load, which is typical for a speaker.
Hifiman list 2W into 50ohms on the HE6se.
But that’s not the full story. The amplifier wattage spec is just where distortion gets high, not the maximum output. Many amps can sound amazingly good operating above that spec. I have used amps rated at 1W into 50ohms that have sounded amazingly good on HE6se.