stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages?

Markwatkiss - no advantage but I can think of one disadvantage: two power cords (good cords might be expensive).

Whenever I lift my 75 lb stereo amp, seems like monoblocks would be pretty nice. They'd probably even sound better to me.

I was channeling Bevis with the "monoblocks are cool" statement but that aside other advantages of monoblocks:

if one goes down for repair you still can listen in mono

or run a center channel with the other

fill up the empty shelves on your audio rack

take up more discretionary income

I love monos, because I can keep my SCs real short.

Markwatkiss - no advantage but I can think of one disadvantage: two power cords (good cords might be expensive).

Nope, unfortunately. My "stereo" requires two separate cords, one for each channel!

I love monos, because I can keep my SCs real short.

This is a very significant advantage, IMO.