Monoprice Monolight Multi-Channel Power Amplifier w/ XLR: M8250x 8x200W-Channel Home Theater $2149.99 or M8125x 8x100W-Channel Home Theater $1699 + Free Shipping via Monoprice
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Monoprice Monolight Multi-Channel Power Amplifier w/ XLR: M8250x 8x200W-Channel Home Theater $2149.99 or M8125x 8x100W-Channel Home Theater $1699 + Free Shipping via Monoprice
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Model: Monolith by Monoprice M8125x 8x100 Watts Per Channel Class-D Multi-Channel Home Theater Power Amplifier with XLR Inputs Hypex NC252MP
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I don't think I do, but I was curious how the setup goes. Do they buy a receiver with XLR outputs or a lower end but with all the current atmos etc and use speaker wire to XLR.
Just wanting to learn how they use something like this.
XLR output connections typically only come on processors, not on receivers.
You cannot adapt XLR to speaker outputs, could be adapted to receivers with RCA pre-outs, but you'll lose the inherent noise rejection of a balanced XLR circuit.
Just don't expect "better" sounding audio from this if your currently using a decent avr from Denon/Onkyo/Yamaha/etc with no issues.
I was wondering the same. Seemingly, the only reason to purchase a dedicated multi-channel amp is to eliminate the planned obsolescence that is the treadmill of Dolby and DTS. Buy this new receiver because your old one doesn't have ATMOS.
Most receivers have discrete amps just like this one. Why does it cost more to buy them inside of a dedicated package?
I was wondering the same. Seemingly, the only reason to purchase a dedicated multi-channel amp is to eliminate the planned obsolescence that is the treadmill of Dolby and DTS. Buy this new receiver because your old one doesn't have ATMOS.
Most receivers have discrete amps just like this one. Why does it cost more to buy them inside of a dedicated package?
Not really. Receivers are rated for two channels driven at 8 ohms, which made total sense back in the day of stereo. 99.9% of amps don't have a discrete power supply. They have a shared power supply. Adding new features is cheap, but upgrading a power supply is very expensive. That's why most manufacturers don't want to do it. Essentially, you're dividing down the power every time you add another speaker.
That's the purpose of an external amplifier. It's really not about max volume either, it's really about dynamic impulse response. A small power supply. It does not hove the reserves to quickly go from low to high. The receiver output now acts like a low pass filter and averages it. So you hear less detail.
An amp, on the other hand, is rated for each channel independently. So 8 channels times 100 means eight channels outputting 100 Watt simultaneously.
I'm not telling you to buy this product. Personally. I think it's overpriced. That is an electrical engineer's explanation for why someone would purchase a discrete amp.
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Just wanting to learn how they use something like this.
You cannot adapt XLR to speaker outputs, could be adapted to receivers with RCA pre-outs, but you'll lose the inherent noise rejection of a balanced XLR circuit.
Most receivers have discrete amps just like this one. Why does it cost more to buy them inside of a dedicated package?
Most receivers have discrete amps just like this one. Why does it cost more to buy them inside of a dedicated package?
That's the purpose of an external amplifier. It's really not about max volume either, it's really about dynamic impulse response. A small power supply. It does not hove the reserves to quickly go from low to high. The receiver output now acts like a low pass filter and averages it. So you hear less detail.
An amp, on the other hand, is rated for each channel independently. So 8 channels times 100 means eight channels outputting 100 Watt simultaneously.
I'm not telling you to buy this product. Personally. I think it's overpriced. That is an electrical engineer's explanation for why someone would purchase a discrete amp.