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Amp to power surround channels for MUSIC ONLY
I have a Lyngdorf stereo amp and am looking for a 3/4 channel power amp (prefer not integrated amp; budget say 2-3k) to power my center and surround channels. This is for music only. Almost all multi channel amps are for movies; they don’t fit the bill—I don’t play movies, don’t care about Atmos, etc. Classical, opera and jazz; I don’t turn volume to 11.
I want a relatively transparent amp that won’t mess with the recorded sound. I have a lot of 3,4,5 channel SACDs, DSD and FLAC downloads. Need power amp to go with my Parasound P7 multichannel pre-amp. My speakers will be Tannoy with sensitivity of 89 & 90dB.
Recommendations? Thanks for any help.
I want a relatively transparent amp that won’t mess with the recorded sound. I have a lot of 3,4,5 channel SACDs, DSD and FLAC downloads. Need power amp to go with my Parasound P7 multichannel pre-amp. My speakers will be Tannoy with sensitivity of 89 & 90dB.
Recommendations? Thanks for any help.
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Multi-channel amps aren't for "movies" or "music". If they're good at one, they'll be good at the other. Some multi-channel amps are better than others and both movies and music will sound better with a better amp/preamp/speakers. What's your budget? Do you have space limitations? Have you considered monoblocks? |
Marantz MM7055 price will not break the bank good quality for the price Renowned brand https://www.crutchfield.com/S-UN2QwUKhOh4/p_642MM7055/Marantz-MM7055.html |
I have a couple Jaton Operetta AP5140A amplifiers (one 4 channel, the other 5) and find them to be excellent amplifiers for audio and video purposes. I don't do surround sound and use the 4 channel to biamp custom speakers and the other is used for 2 channel purposes. The first sounded so good I acquired a second as the used market prices are quite low, way too low given the sound quality. There were a couple insightful reviews by Stereomojo and Hometheatersound but both have disappeared from the web. I found an old sale ad with some quotes from those review which I'll paste below. I am selling one and keeping the other as I'm in the long process of consolidating, going from 4 systems down to 2. Check out my ad on USAudiomart under Jaton for more details on the sound of these very nice and affordable multi-channel amps. Bill Schuchard StereoMojo "The Jaton AP2140A has a tight yet hefty bottom end, a transparent articulate midrange, delicate highs, razor sharp imaging, and is dead silent when there is nothing to play. It was never bright or edgy and the bass emphasis came through nicely." "The Jaton Operetta AP2140A is a great sounding amplifier and exceedingly beautiful too." Doug Blackburn HomeTheaterSound: "I’ve heard $1995 two-channel amps with less clarity and musical nature. The Operetta’s midrange made it difficult to stop listening." Finding out that the Operetta amplifier could drive my loudspeakers to loud levels wasn't the only surprise. This amp also sounded great - it is quite pleasing and detailed. Vishay resistors, and Nichicon and Wima capacitors used throughout. This is truly an amp that put a smile on your face. It will please 99% of audiophiles. In both build and sound quality, this is easily a $3K amp, listing for half of that. Elegance, simplicity and attention to detail rule its design. At its core sit two power modules comprising National Semiconductors' LM3886 High-Performance Audio Power Amplifier IC. Each module produces 70 watts into 8 ohms, modest by modern standards, but like tube amps, these are sophisticated watts. More importantly, the combined attention to circuit geometry and quality components yields power with total harmonic distortion so low it left National Semiconductors' own engineers double checking their instruments. All of this represents an elegantly radical approach to circuitry so effective as to belie numbers. The proof is in the listening: laser-like focus, precise separation, deft detail, and sweeping soundstage. The AP2140A is final assembled and tested in Jaton's headquarter Milpitas, California. It's clean and simple chassis is silver. Specification: Max Distribute Power: 140 Watts @ 4 Ohm,70 Watts @ 8 Ohm Distribute Channel: 2 Channel THD + N %: 0.01% @ 8 Ohm, 1 kHz, 70 Watts Frequency Response: 16 Hz ~ 40 kHz, +/- 3 dB Max Output Level: 23 Vrms Input Sensitivity for 1W output: 84 mVrms Dynamic Range: 150 dB Max Gain: 30 dB Max Power Consumption: 950 watts |
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