PS Audio Stellar 700 mono's

The S400’s are very good speakers. However, I find it a bit silly to drive $1900 USD speakers with $3000 monoblocks, plus your pre-amp. Even Paul McGowan states that at least 1/2 your budget should be spent on the actual speakers.

Also, they are 4ohm, not 6ohm. And no, being 4ohm doesn’t necessarily mean it’s difficult to drive. They are 88dB efficient, so as long as you aren’t sitting super far away, I’d say 50W into 8ohm would be more than enough if you are using these only for music (movies need more wattage). The Emotiva PA-1 monoblocks are $300/each ($600 a pair), and use the exact same amp module as in the PS Audio M300 ($1500), the ICE 300ASC, whose datasheet is easily found, it’s very good.  

If you went this route, that would free up $2400, so you could get speakers costing upwards of $4300 instead, more than double the amount of the S400’s.

@ evilangel725,Where did you purchase the AMR fuse?

For now the only place to buy AMR fuses is directly from the US distributor for iFi.

@mzkmxcv. True on the split between components. I was aware of that but did so anyway. $1,900 for stellar 700 monos @4 months old in primo condition so i made an executive decision there. S400’s  were 1,400 with 200 off on preorder. I looked at Watkins GenFour but it took the owner two days to return my call and i had already purchased the S400’s. So, hopefully  my knowledge and skill will improve especially with feedback provided by fellow audiogon members like yourself..