5 ch. amps--Parasound; Rotel; Marantz

I have a Marantz MM9000 5ch Amp. After a break-in period it is very nice for movies and also good with music. I noticed that someone commented that all things Marantz sounded "BAD"... I think he may have "BAD" ears!!! I'm not saying Marantz is the best, but bad is not even a fair statement. The best thing to do is talk to professional listeners(any quality audio shop)and tell them the type of sound your looking for.

Good luck.

I think you should get a 6 channel AMP from ADA. Their model
PTM-6150 get high appraise from Home Theater Magazine and other Bristish magazine. It get the same rating as Bryston 9B in Bristish magazine. Its street price can be under $2000. You can research this amp in e-coustics.com and manufacturer web site ada-usa.com The six channel amp can power you rear channel (THX-EX) without purchase additional amplifier.

I have also heard the Sherborn 5 channel amp, very nice, it really is an over achiever, you really may want to take a look at it.

Hi Rowidick. Have you considered any of the amps from ATI? I've been using an ATI AT1505 with 5 NHT satellites to good effect. I wouldn't consider my system to be bright, and that may be due in large to the smooth Pioneer front end.

However, this does not double as a music system for me. I wasn't happy with it's musical reproduction, so I ended up building a separate music only setup.

The ATI is plenty powerful, and since you're mostly concerned with HT, this might warrant a look.

I have tride all of them. "BY THE ROTEL". The rotel compared nice with my ML331. But the marantz was nice. The marantz & ATI lacked the soundstaging of the rotel.