Is our ear.
It can handle an acoustic power ratio of 120dB (12 zeros, 12Bell), or a million million.
In country side at night one can listen satisfactorily to music with just a 2x5mW power amp.
Setup, signal path:
Quiet environment (about 40dB) - Constant Craving - K.D.Lang CD - Sony CD Walkman D-EJ758CK - Philips MCD708 speaker with ribbon tweeter connected to the headphones out of the Sony, with both channels bridged or connected together.
Surprisingly with this setup both bass and treble could be heard.
With a single electron tube or transistor in class A (electrons flowing all the tine) the sound should be amazing. For example the Pleiades transistor power amplifier. Or one EF183 triode connected operating with just 12V and a resistor from anode to grid and an output transformer. 2 for a stereo pair. See other euroelectron posts on the EF183 as power amplifier.
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