Going monoblock?

To me the most noticeable to me was an improvement in dynamics and more pronounced transients in the material. I believe that’s due mainly to each channel having its own power supply stage. When channels share a power supply you are robbing Peter to pay Paul. 

When channels share a power supply you are robbing Peter to pay Paul.


That's not always true my amps power supply is bigger than most monoblocks combined.

When channels share a power supply you are robbing Peter to pay Paul.

That's not always true my amps power supply is bigger than most monoblocks combined.

It is always true. There is no such thing as a power supply that will not suffer from this. Some are just better at dealing with it than others.

The only way to prevent this in a stereo amplifier is by adopting a "dual mono" design - two monoblocks in one chassis

It is always true. There is no such thing as a power supply that will not suffer from this. Some are just better at dealing with it than others.


So you think that monoblock amps with a 750 VA  transformer and 80,000 uf of capacitance in each amp will perform better than a stereo amp with a 5,000 VA transformer and 260,000 uf of capacitance.

I’m going from Mono to Stereo, from 40 w monos to 8 w Stereo... downgrade?