The Monolith 7X200 is the best amp I have ever owned. It takes everything I throw at it without a single complaint. The turn on switch never makes a noise in my speakers, unlike my Adcom GFA-7000. I have to turn my Adcom on before the Denon 4700 receiver or I get a thump and any wireless music playing on the receiver stops.
In contrast, I can turn on the Monolith 7X200 anytime and no thump and no complaint from the Denon 4700. With 300W available into 4ohm speakers it's a BEAST. It sounds crystal clear and has more headroom than I will ever need. My Ascend Sierra Towers SING with it feeding them.
The Monolith 7X200 uses a base energy level of 140W while it's running at low volume levels. With the Denon volume control at 60, approx. 200W is drawn from the wall outlet and the room is reaching 90dB at peaks. AND the amp still has lots of spare headroom.
The one thing that concerned me was the weight. I'm older and not into bench pressing 100lbs. But with a little planning and a dolly I was able to move the Monolith 7X200 into place and
never actually lifted it. I installed it by myself from front door delivery to basement install. Dolly took it to the stairs, cleaned the box with wipes and then slowly slid it down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs it was placed on a dolly and moved in front of the shelf it would sit on. I opened the box, opened the cardboard top and plastic and then elevated one end of the box so one end of the amp would land in my hands and I could slowly drop it to the carpet. From there it was moved on its side to the shelf (about 2" above the carpet). After lifting one end onto the shelf, installing the cables it was easy to slide into place. This was much easier than I thought. It was only scary in my mind! But with a little planning the Monolith 7X200 was easy to setup.
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