Disagree, or at least if there's a width that's too wide then I haven't found it yet. Let the user set the width they want in their browser, don't force your own max width on them.
Typography people generally agree that lines that are too long are harder to read and recommend fairly short lines, less than 15 words. They have a number of studies backing them up. Maybe you're an outlier.
Anyway, I agree. Text should always have a max width. Long lines of text aren't really readable.
I use this in my SurfingKeys settings, and use it on a lot of sites to make them more readable: