"Holographic" presentation

It is all in the quality of the implementation. I have had some excellent monoblocks through here, including Lamm M1.1s, Clayton M300s and M200s, and Acoustic Imagery Atsahs, and my current stereo amp is equal to the best of those and better than the others with regards to dimensionality and soundstage. From the amplifier, good channel separation is important as is low noise and the ability to provide detailed spacial cues. I suspect other, non amplifier related, factors play as big or greater a role such as room dimensions, speaker placement in the room including separation between speakers and distance from rear and side walls, listening position and ear height relative to the speakers, room treatment and other factors I haven't thought of. If the amp sounds good tonally and drives the speakers well, I would work on the room related issues first, to improve soundstage and dimensionality, before worrying about the difference between a stereo amp and monoblocks.

I owned an amp years ago that featured pornographic imaging. It was creepy so I sold it.

What brand was that? A buddy today just asked for an amp recommendation that did pornography well.

I seem to recall that Wolf mentioned that the brand was Conrad's Johnson.

Damn, I used to own a CJ 17LS2. I guess I should have read the manual.

There was that pass through feature I never tried, but I thought it was a home theater feature.