Spectron vs Parasound vs Cary vs ?

Stl114..do yourself a favor and give the Papa 802d what it really deserves. Lots of power!! The best and one of the most powerful amps on the market under $10K is the Sander's Magtech amp and it will drive the 802d's with such aplomb and majestic splendor that you will never look back. The amp will easily drive down to 1/3 ohms. The amp has a very large 3.0 kVA transformer. It has 20 Motorola 15 amp thermal-trax transistor's. It has a patented linear voltage regulator that eliminates voltage switching and voltage fluxuation which is typical in most amps which is why they run hot. The amp has no clipping protection circuits and will never clip no matter how hard you push it due to the voltage regulator. And the amp runs cool to lukewarm at all levels. The amp took two years to design by Roger Sanders and is built by Coda in California. Coda is the former engineering team from Threshold. The amp is warm, natural, very smooth and dynamic and it puts out 900 watts into 4ohms and weighs only 55 lbs. It only costs $5K!! Roger allows you to try the amp for thirty days and will return your money in full and he pays for the shipping both ways. Comes with a lifetime warranty. One of the hidden treasures in high end audio.

What about an anthem statement p2? i love my p5...you could find one used?

The Anthem Statement amps do not have stable voltage at all gain levels. Its a typical solid state design with fluxuating voltage with no full voltage regulation so the amp will run much hotter than the Sanders Magtech and has a much lower damping factor.

I do have to admit that i do not know about the stable voltage thing... i do know that after hours and hours of movies the p5 is only "warm" to the touch. i do know that the multi mono amp design of the anthem is not typical for ss amps. The anthem have brought my b&w's to life. i hope i am not giving bad advise to others.
thanks,
Bill

Bill..not giving bad advise at all. All amps do a good job but some better than others. The most important is how efficient is the amp you own. This is why Class D amps have made great strides during the past seven years because of their efficiency. The key benefit to stable voltage is there is no wasted current failing to leave the amplifier output. When the voltage is unstable, then you have the problem of the voltage constantly fluxuating and a percentage of current fails to leave the amp causing heat problems and less continuous output of watts at different ohm levels. This wasted voltage creates heat which is why internal heat sinks and external heat fins are necessary.