Anthem mrx720, bat vk200 and totem winds. I looked at nord, but when I ran up the bill it was more like 2200 usd. I did more looking into monolith, it is balanced. And from everything I found, it's made by ATI. I have not looked into the used market. Not sure if I will do used. Thanks for the info, do appreciate all advice.
Looking for a new amp
Need help, new 7 ch amp. Driving 4 high, 2 surround and center. I started to look and so far found wyred4sound mc7150, emotiva eda-7 and emotiva a-7. Trying to keep low budget under 2k. Room is 14x24x8. How many watts do I really need? Totem 8in ceiling speakers and Martin Logan cinerama center. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Hmmmm, here's the Nord link to what i was looking at: https://www.nordacoustics.co.uk/product-page/nord-one-nc250mp-4-10-channel-amplifier I added a normal "7 channel" to my shopping cart and the only addition I saw was 100 Euro for shipping to USD, making it a total of 1674 Euro, or $1876 USD. The only thing I can think of is that Nord would add a VAT tax, which I am completely unsure of. Is this what you are calculating? The Monolith may have balanced XLR inputs, but I don't know that the actual amplifier output board is "balanced/differential". In a normal single-ended amp, the red speaker connector has power and the black speaker connector is just connected to ground. In a fully balanced/differential amp, both red/black speaker connections have power and they push/pull with one another. |
@auxinput I got the same number as u, 1674 but I think it's the sterling pound. Pretty sure because built in UK, so if it is the pound it would be 2182 usd. I really dont like the cheap looking speaker connections on the monolith. Probably need to call monoprice on balanced/ differential. I did look at the 7700, but it was built 2007 and I think 1600.00 is a bit pricy for the age. Especially when back then it sold for maybe 2k. So I'm back to new amp. |
Most amps are actually single-ended. Only certain specific amps are actually differential/balanced, and multi-channel amps are almost never differential/balanced. Also, the initial version of the Monolith did not have XLR inputs, so it is most likely single-ended anyways. --- On the Nord, when you pull up the page on the NC252 amp, scroll down to under the "Add to Basket" button and there will be a "USD to Euro" conversion widget. It defaults to USD to Euro, so I assumed they are charging Euros. If you are really interested in the Nord, maybe shoot them an email? |
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