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You are right.

His playing a classical piece at high volume levels for the quieter pieces then puts the amp into clip for the loud sections.

I did that one test awhile ago where I was listening to The Planets and I had a dynamic range over 20db, IIRC, so if you are listening at the quiet sections at 85 db then they hit the dynamic high parts at 105db, the power requirements are huge especially as you move farther away.