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> bubble2 2,825 Posts
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09-29-2022 at 08:25 AM.
Darn... Limit of just 20 of each. Frown
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> bubble2 2,748 Posts
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09-29-2022 at 08:38 AM.
Quote from JimBanville :
They use something like this for the reasons I payed out in my question to you. You'd know if you "needed" this. It wouldn't be a ambiguous.

VenkatY said what they did, and I asked them what type of receiver the paired with it.

I'm aware of why, and I'm aware I likely won't ever need it. I'm curious to hear from the VenkatY. Thanks.
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> bubble2 49 Posts
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09-29-2022 at 09:22 AM.
If anyone wants to read more about separates and especially about Monolith products, head off to avsforum and read as much as you want.

Their QA has been iffy in a few products such as subwoofers, etc. I am not familiar too much with their dedicated amps. Another online only company which is very old now, is Emotiva. Ofcourse, there are traditional high end separates from Bryston, NAD, Adcom, McIntosh.

Regarding why it's needed, it really depends on the application and the receiver. Some people like clean power at both higher and lower levels, especially if your speakers are power hungry. Not all avrs are made in same way. Don't go by published wattage. Most of the amps when all 7 channels driven produce lot less power. Harman Kardon used to publish real numbers when all channels driven. Denon used to fudge a lot. People bought expensive speakers and then found out how much they are missing out and switched to separates.
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> bubble2 220 Posts
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09-29-2022 at 10:30 AM.
Quote from ONLYUSEmeDEALS :
I just can't imagine ever spending this much money on electronics from a brand called monoprice.
What brands you think that you can spent money ? Monolith is brand name for audio. This amp has good reputation actually built by ATI . Obviously, you don't know audio gears.
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> bubble2 182 Posts
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09-29-2022 at 10:31 AM.
Quote from mazingaz :
What brands you think that you can spent money ? Monolith is brand name for audio. This amp has good reputation actually built by ATI . Obviously, you don't know audio gears.
"you think that you can spent money". Huh
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09-29-2022 at 11:50 AM.
Me LOUD!
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09-29-2022 at 12:29 PM.
Quote from AGpennypacker :
Interesting so at what price point for receiver do you find that is easy to get outputs that go to one of these amps? For instance I have a onkyo 676 right now, would I just use speaker to XLR adapter? Thanks
If you're not careful you're gonna open up Pandora's box!

It works with both line level and XLR connections so you wouldn't need an XLR adapter.

All you are doing is replacing using the internal amp(power) on a receiver with this external amp(power) for each channel.

There are way to many factors as some have pointed out on whether to get something like this.

When setting up a system and looking to improve the sound you hear, IMO this should be toward the end of the list to add, especially when you consider the price.
Hope that helps.
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> bubble2 186 Posts
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09-29-2022 at 01:12 PM.
Another reason for separates: if you were to engineer a high end receiver with 16 amplifiers ( one for each channel) the unit would be huge and weigh 200 lbs. Also the price would be prohibitive, and it would be obsolete next year when a new hdmi standard comes out.
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09-29-2022 at 01:35 PM.
Quote from ti97 :
It's interesting power configuration in the back. 2x 120V plugs for 2400W, then you need 2 separate circuits to power it. Definitely need electrician to run another circuit to your home theater for the 2nd circuit.
You'll never use that much power unless running some sort of pink noise at full tilt.
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