expiredTattyBear | Staff posted Feb 08, 2024 05:04 PM
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expiredTattyBear | Staff posted Feb 08, 2024 05:04 PM
Monoprice Monolith Multi-Channel Home Theater Power Amplifiers: 7x90W $371, 3x90W
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This quickly becomes a big rabbit hole because of that.
In very basic terms is your receiver " putting out" efficient enough power to drive your speakers to your preferred listening levels.
I would point out if you're looking to upgrade the sound you hear, you should look at your speakers, their placements & room environment 1st.
That would have a much bigger difference in SQ over an external amp imo.
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1: Will this theoretically run 2 channels at 135W rms (8ohm)? Is it that simple?
2: Any issue with using center channel to run to my speaker level signal inputs to my subwoofer? Doesn't seem ideal, but I know it's perfectly acceptable.
Thank you
https://manuals.denon.c
This is a new realm for me tho, so I'm not totally sure what to look for in the settings.
That said…I did order the 7 channel. I'm running a 5.2.4 system now Front speakers are Monolith T6 Towers, which are not very efficient (4 ohms, 87.8dB sensitivity). I see they can be bi-amped, another thing I'm not well-versed on. But potentially I could use 4 channels for the fronts, 1 for center, and 2 for my side surrounds, leaving the Denon to power just the 4 Atmos speakers, which I'm sure would be light work for it.
I mentioned it above too, but my front LR are Monolith T6s from a deal last fall. Those are 4ohm, less than efficient speakers. I suspect they might love the additional power, and I think I'm going to look at bi-amping them too.
I had the Mono 12" sub too, until I went crazy with a pair of PSA 21"s. That's when things got real...
Without knowing which Polls you have, I'd say better speakers are the most logical path if you want a better HT experience.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/37503850...SwVH
Will give my AVR an extra couple channels capacity to allow 4 channels ATMOS now.
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If your speakers are really efficient at putting out sound, you can sometimes get away with less than 50W and they'll still get nice and loud.
My memory is pulling that info from old Hsu Research bookshelf reviews, where they apparently sound fantastic simply driven by the cheapo $50 amps you can find on Amazon that you might use in a garage/workshop setup.
That being said if you're buying receivers with pre-outs, with the intent to actually use them, I'd think you could benefit from any amount of additional amplification, especially if your room and speakers can make use of it.
Good deal if you can use it.
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Now on to the room treatments though...
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My last home theater setup was all '90s Snell towers with big, overcomplicated, power-hungry crossovers. Low-end receivers could only barely drive the mains, and only at modest volumes. It actually killed two cheapish receivers. A nice Yamaha receiver was able to drive the mains fine but struggled with surround. It took a set of 80-100wpc class AB amps to properly drive it, and I must admit it sounded very, very good.
But then I needed a more space-efficient setup and replaced my speakers and amps with powered three-way monitors from Kali. The Snell/class AB setup had a beautiful musical quality that I loved, but I actually prefer what I've gotten out of the Kali monitors. It's also way cheaper, smaller, more compact, takes DSP better, doesn't require attention to ventilation...
tl;dr most speakers don't need this, and if yours do, you still might be better off just changing speakers. But it's all subjective, home audio is should be fun, have fun with it.
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While this may be able to get you 2 or 3 more decibels that a a Denon 3800, it's going to be most useful for someone who has a good preamp/processor with no external amplification . They are somewhat rare, but Marantz makes a few and so does Monolith (google preamp/processor).
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