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Can you think of a reason not to?

Hello everyone,

I’ve loved audio (2-channel) since my teenage years and when home theater came out, well as expensive as it was I found a way to afford it. I traded in a beautiful 2-channel Onkyo Integra m-504 amplifier for an Integra 5-channel, I forget the model. Then I upgraded to an Anthem A5. Well I figured more power is always better so I sold the A5 and bought an Anthem P5.

Although an awesome piece of gear, I decided to scale down, sell my Paradigm Studio 20’s used for surround channels, the CC690 center, and two of my three REL 528 subwoofers.

What I have left is the Anthem P5, an AVM60, one REL R528, two Paradigm and two Sigature S2’s.

Im basically scaling down to a 2-channel system for simplicity and convenience. Here’s my thoughts and would love to get some opinions. I’m selling the P5 and possibly the AVM60 to make room for a P2 and a 2-channel pre amp. The P5 is a beast! If I keep it, I’ll always have three extra channels if one malfunctions and for trouble shooting. But on the other hand having this heavy amp is somewhat inconvenient and way overkill. If I found a P2 I’d even consider a trade.

How about some thoughts from the audio world?

oldschool1
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ozzy62
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I think in most situations a two channel amp is going to perform better than a multi channel amp. For one thing, those five channels are most likely sharing the same power supply.

And this is a great opportunity to seek out better sounding amps than the Anthem that are geared more to music listening and not sound effects.

mesch
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i have lone been an advocate for 2 channel audio for both audio and video.  I believe you are going in the right direction.  If the Anthem amplifiers provide the synergy with the your speakers you like the 2 channel P2 would likely serve better than the 5 channel amp. You might consider keeping 2 of the subs for bass duties as it makes integration with the mains easier. 

ghdprentice
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@ozzy62 

 

+1

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carlsbad2
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HT is recorded multichannel so using 2 channels is throwing awaysome good stuff.

Keep your 2 channel system stand alone.  it is the place where true high fidelity sound lives.

For HT I run a preamp level signal to my 2 channel amp from my HT reciever and my 2 channel system functions as the front 2 channels for HT. 

Jerry

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