Suggestions for upgrading amps in my home theater system

I have Two fronts, center, 6 ceiling speakers. I have 2 subs. My Anthem runs the center and the 6 ceiling and the Moon Sim takes care of the left right.

I will sell the receiver and buy the Anthem 90 processor. I will need a total of 9 amps. I would seem the best way is two 5 channel amps, I want the amp to run the front 3 so it would seem selling the Sim is the best option unless its not that important to have the L-C-R to have the same amp. That's what I need to find out

Parasound A31 X 3.

Keep your Moon Sim 330 A amp for the front channels

there is a McIntosh MC8207 here on Audiogon for the 7 other channels

( I have a MC8207 )

Your Anthem processor room calibration will fix your center speaker.

I know that with my set up I run in everything from 5.1 to 2.1 to just 2 channel.  You will notice, based on the way things are recorded.  I run a fair amount of turntable and cd on my mains and trying to run anything besides stereo mode, sounds wrong to me.  To me the center comes into play when you are running things beyond the 2 channel config. and, to me, acts more as part of the surround.  I'm just saying wait on selling the Sim amp until you absolutely know you're headed in the right direction.  Sorry, I've taken too many trips in the wrong direction and or given things away and just wanted to hit a untouchable rewind button.  I'm just saying what I would do, what works for me and some mistakes I've made.  Good luck.

Hi OP,

My suggestion, which you’ll have to double check is feasible, is to keep your moon and upgrade to the MRX 720.

I believe (and you need to double check) that all 7 channels are re-assignable. Which may mean you can use them all for the non main (L/R) channels. Looking at section 5.1 of the MRX 720 manual, under "Amp Matrixing" this should be possible.

https://manuals.anthemav.com/mrx-avm/en/103

Best,

Erik