Need help understanding true output of my amplifier

[mazersteven]

Monoblocks offer no particular advantage over a multich amp in one box.

Are you crazy of course they do. It's called the Cool Effect. Something I know you know nothing about Meatball

 

[davehall83]

So your going to call me crazy but i ended up with this


(2) Polk LSIM 705 towers
(1) Polk LSIM 706c center
(2) Polk LSIM 703 for surround left/right
(2) Polk 265 LS in wall speakers for surround back left and right
(4) SVS prime elevation for dolby atmos 7.1.4
(1) SVS PB1000 Sub

so i switched this up and i love those lsims so much i found a few good deals on them from some local dealers trying to get rid of them for the legend series to take place. Well that’s good for me because i got them cheap but stock was limited.

The thing is i don’t have much choice on auditioning new speakers around me right now with COVID so i’m gonna stick with what i know sounds good but for the next system hopefully i can experiment some mode

For power i ended up trading my denon avr-x4700h to a marantz av7706 pre processor and i ended up going with 1 monoprice monolith amp 7 channel by 200 watt and another monoprice monolith amp 5 channel by 200 watt.

I think i’m really happy with this now. But the one last equation. I have the Svs pb1000 and i’m thinking of adding a second. Or would it mater if i did a second but made it a pb2000? just curious because if mixing and matching don’t matter then that’s what i’ll do otherwise i’ll just do dual pb1000s then my system is complete for now. Thoughts ?

One more question if 4 of my speakers can handle up to 150 watt which are the atmos speakers and the amp is able to push 200 watts would it blow the speaker or is it the speaker that pulls the power from the amp and basically if it can only pull 150 that’s all it will do so more is better sometimes if i understand this right ?

 

[Gmoney]

So your going to call me crazy but i ended up with this


(2) Polk LSIM 705 towers
(1) Polk LSIM 706c center
(2) Polk LSIM 703 for surround left/right
(2) Polk 265 LS in wall speakers for surround back left and right
(4) SVS prime elevation for dolby atmos 7.1.4
(1) SVS PB1000 Sub

so i switched this up and i love those lsims so much i found a few good deals on them from some local dealers trying to get rid of them for the legend series to take place. Well that’s good for me because i got them cheap but stock was limited.

The thing is i don’t have much choice on auditioning new speakers around me right now with COVID so i’m gonna stick with what i know sounds good but for the next system hopefully i can experiment some mode

For power i ended up trading my denon avr-x4700h to a marantz av7706 pre processor and i ended up going with 1 monoprice monolith amp 7 channel by 200 watt and another monoprice monolith amp 5 channel by 200 watt.

I think i’m really happy with this now. But the one last equation. I have the Svs pb1000 and i’m thinking of adding a second. Or would it mater if i did a second but made it a pb2000? just curious because if mixing and matching don’t matter then that’s what i’ll do otherwise i’ll just do dual pb1000s then my system is complete for now. Thoughts ?

One more question if 4 of my speakers can handle up to 150 watt which are the atmos speakers and the amp is able to push 200 watts would it blow the speaker or is it the speaker that pulls the power from the amp and basically if it can only pull 150 that’s all it will do so more is better sometimes if i understand this right ?

Your good to go, that 7 channel amp is All you need.

 

[pcosmic]

Are you crazy of course they do. It's called the Cool Effect. Something I know you know nothing about Meatball

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When you cut a stereo amp in half, there are drastic sonic improvements.

Hence, if you cut each monoblock in half, you'll get even more sonic improvements.

If you halve the four halfoblocks and go to 8 amp piecelets, it will sound even the fck better. In fact, it will sound sooooo good that you will string the 8 amp piecelets around your neck and start polka dancin.

 

[highfigh]

I need to know if what i am being told that an integrated amp like this is actually 125 watts divded by 9 channels is only truely giving me 13.8 watts per channel. I have heard this and then I have heard that no i should be getting 125 watts per channel and thats just a amp salesperson trying to sell me something i dont need.

I have never heard of an integrated amplifier that had more than two channels.

Seeing that you found your AVR louder than you need, it would be helpful to know the volume control setting at the time. If it was -10dB (or roughly 70 out of 100 if you use that scale), I doubt that you need more power.