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Best 200 watt x 5 amp for the money?

I'm looking to replace a nest full of 2 channel amps with something more powerful. I've been considering the ATI 2505, parasound 2205, sherbourne.or ? Anyone out there have any experience with these? My other components are a DC-1, and a Snell 7.1 THX speaker system with 2 passive Snell 12" subs. Thinking of using 2 channels for the subs, 3 for the front array and some of my others for surrounds. I like my music too, but have two other music systems.
pmandt
audioman4
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Have you considered the Aragon 8008b 5 channel.
200 real watts , super high current...takes 2 to lift it.
If you can find one should be under 2k.
3 channel goes for about 1500 or so...
The ATI is not bad for the money as well...
just my 2 cents..
happy listening,
joe
Custom Audio LLC
tlieb
12 posts
 
The new ATI 3000 series amps look pretty awesome. Word is sound quality is going to be amazingly high for the price.

http://www.ati-amp.com/at3000.html
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samski
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I went from a krell kav 500 to the sherbourn 5210, the sherbourn is the best bang for the buck out there , IMO, bridgeable, dual power cords , individual transformers for each channel, quit, and very smooth sound, it has cured me of big money amps, good luck
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aaronm
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Take a look at the Anthem multichannels. The older 5 channel is the MCA5, newer one is MCA50. They are also available in 2 and 3 channel versions. Great deals for the price. Solid and sound pretty good.
http://www.anthemav.com/NewSitev2.0/AnthemProduct/MCASeries/MCASeriesHome.html

Best Regards
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timo
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