5 ch. amps--Parasound; Rotel; Marantz

Rowidick: I will give you the best 5-channel amp on the market today for the money. Sherbourn 5/1500- it's 5-mono blocks in 1 chasis. I did alot of study on these and the three brands were in the running. Sherbourn blew all of them away, musicality and video [pure]. If you don't want to hear this , than out of these 3 either two but parasound, lot of dealers are dropping them for troubles. Hope I might have helped you just a little bit .

true on the parasound's.also poor poor build qaulity!i auditioned,two preamps,that broke!during the audition!!!check out those super duper high qaulity volume knob's.i know were talking amp's here,but just thought i'd share that.as for marantz,i havent heard a marantz,that could beat a mass market jap brand lately.they sound BAD!dave...

thanks for the feedback on parasound. i have not brought one home yet to audition but i guess i was intrigued by their 10 yr warranty. the sherbourne might be more than i want to spend but possibly i can pick one up used or as a demo. will also look at the marantz mono's.

You don't specify your maximum price range, so let me add a couple of options. At the lowest cost, you might consider the Outlaw 5-channel amp. The relatively new Outlaw line of equipment has gotten very good reviews, and they sell direct via Internet (their 5-channel HT amp sells for $1100). Next up in price is the Adcom 7500, which provides 5x150 wpc, with a price of around $1800. Last, if you want to go for very high quality HT sound, you should audition the Bryston 9B-ST, which has rated "Class A" by Stereophile. It's a good deal more money (MSRP of $3800, as I recall, but can be bought discounted for around $2800).