Here's my thinking on this amp...If you need that much power for an HT amplifier, why not use more sensitive/efficient speakers instead??? I mean, if you have speakers that are 86db sensitive at 1 watt, my first thought on that is that makes for a dynamically challenged speaker from the get go for a full range speaker for HT!
Over all however, the amp is probably about a class B rating sonically. It's going to be excellent for movies, and descent for music. There are better amps for high end music dubties with a lot of speaker chioces you might be using to consider, for at least your mains. Still, you would be better served with higher sensitivity*(even lower refinement) HT speakers, using lower wattage amps I think. Dynamically, this is a more efficient set up, as well as paractical I think. If your speakers are low sensitiviy, and you are sticking with them for HT, I could see the desisre for the Cinepro at, what, 400w/ch?
I have speakers in the 92-96db sensitive speakers for my HT dubties over the years, and they have a much better dynamic advantage than the lower sensitivity designs over all. And I don't need so much wattage to make em smack either!..just refined, clean power.
Anyway, I think you'd not get a bad amp with the Cinepro, I just think there's a lot of other possiblities to explore as well. Otherwise, it seems like a descent enough amp, and it's probably built well too.
Over all however, the amp is probably about a class B rating sonically. It's going to be excellent for movies, and descent for music. There are better amps for high end music dubties with a lot of speaker chioces you might be using to consider, for at least your mains. Still, you would be better served with higher sensitivity*(even lower refinement) HT speakers, using lower wattage amps I think. Dynamically, this is a more efficient set up, as well as paractical I think. If your speakers are low sensitiviy, and you are sticking with them for HT, I could see the desisre for the Cinepro at, what, 400w/ch?
I have speakers in the 92-96db sensitive speakers for my HT dubties over the years, and they have a much better dynamic advantage than the lower sensitivity designs over all. And I don't need so much wattage to make em smack either!..just refined, clean power.
Anyway, I think you'd not get a bad amp with the Cinepro, I just think there's a lot of other possiblities to explore as well. Otherwise, it seems like a descent enough amp, and it's probably built well too.