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Advantages of monoblocks

Hey all,

The merry-go-round, which had stopped for a while, is now showing signs of a slow circular movement. In nautical and financial terms this is usually never a good sign.

Anyhow, I'm running a quite good LSA Statement integrated now, powering de Capo BE monitors. I was wondering if monoblocks and a good pre-amp would be a better way to go?

I last had monoblocks when I ran Rogue M120's about a decade ago befor moving on to an ARC VS-110.

Would monoblocks present a significant advantage over a single amplifier or over the tremendous LSA?

They would have to be used and my budget is $4K max.

Cheers,

simao
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noromance
9,939 posts
 
Yes. The better the recording, the more impact monos can have on "imaging".
tgrisham
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It depends on your cable philosophy. If you believe in short interconnects and longer speaker cables, use one box. If you believe in long interconnects and short speaker cables, two boxes. Theoretically monos give you two power supplies so the two channels are not sharing one power supply transformer (except for dual mono stereo amplifiers), and less channel crosstalk.
arnettpartners
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Channel separation with dual mono is a real treat. Goes to comment by Noromance.
bvdiman
491 posts
 
I'd focus and put more emphasis on quality instead rather than get caught in the stereo/mono thing.
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simao OP
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Well said, Bvdiman. That should be a truism of hi-end audio, along with being happy with what you have as long as it's making you happy.
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