Best Power Amp 11ch For Music Under or Around $2500

[KING DRANZER]

Best Power Amp 11ch for music with low Distortion levels and close to Neutral as much as possible . Budget is Under or Around $2500.

200-300W+ @ 8ohm per channel if possible.

Speakers: JTR Noesis 212 HTR

 

[KING DRANZER]

Instead of 6 2ch amps should I looking at something like Emotiva XPA-7 Gen3 and 2 x 2ch Crown amp. Gonna cost around $2700.

 

[PENG]

Instead of 6 2ch amps should I looking at something like Emotiva XPA-7 Gen3 and 2 x 2ch Crown amp. Gonna cost around $2700.

Since you mentioned "best" and then "low Distortion levels and close to Neutral as much as possible" I assume you want something with distortion level plus noise below 0.005%. If that's the case, look to the Hypex or Purifi based amps. Two 6 channel amps should be good, better than one single 11 channel amp imo.

No Emotiva amps I know of that could compare to those Hypex or Purifi amps.

Take a look of those measured by ASR, I don't recalled any Emotiva amp measured with THD+N better than the mid range Denon and Marantz AVRs let alone power amps.

VTV Purifi Amplifier Review with Weiss Buffer | Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum

 

[KING DRANZER]

Since you mentioned "best" and then "low Distortion levels and close to Neutral as much as possible" I assume you want something with distortion level plus noise below 0.005%. If that's the case, look to the Hypex or Purifi based amps. Two 6 channel amps should be good, better than one single 11 channel amp imo.

No Emotiva amps I know of that could compare to those Hypex or Purifi amps.

Take a look of those measured by ASR, I don't recalled any Emotiva amp measured with THD+N better than the mid range Denon and Marantz AVRs let alone power amps.

VTV Purifi Amplifier Review with Weiss Buffer | Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum

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Budget is only $2500 for Amplifying 11channels.

 

[CajunLB]

I think the Monolith 7 and 5 channel powe amplifiers would give you the power you want for your budget.

 

[ryanosaur]

I’m not a fan of amps with so many channels per chassis. If you lose one channel you lose the whole thing assuming you send it off to repair.
Also, those JTRs can soak up some power… not that a monolith can’t handle them to s certain extent, but you should really look carefully at how you set amplification up around your whole rig.
Make certain you have adequate power to all channels, that you don’t have a gain mismatch between amps, and that all amps can be reasonably powered by your AVR by matching output voltage to input sensitivity.

Unless you really just want to turn off all amp channels in the AVR and run it in pre-amp mode, I would recommend taking advantage of your AVR amps and using that to power atmos and rear channels…

So if you did that, you could start with a good 5-channel amp and if you want, add more amp channels as you go.

 

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Budget is only $2500 for Amplifying 11channels.

I know, I think that can be done unless you need 500 W into 4 ohms for all 11 channels.

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Those are list prices, your best bet is to figure out the combinations of the NC502MP, 252MP and 122MP and then ask them to quote you the best price for the combo amps. Again, two amps with fewer channels are better than one with 11 to 12 channels jammed inside one box.

 

[lovinthehd]

The amp will work for movies or music, and if it's accurate, it's accurate. These days I'd look at the Purifi or Hypex module amps, but not in one box as was mentioned, I'd go for at least two if not more. Monolith is soon to release a Hypex module amp, fwiw, altho their current AB amps are also attractive.

 

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The amp will work for movies or music, and if it's accurate, it's accurate. These days I'd look at the Purifi or Hypex module amps, but not in one box as was mentioned, I'd go for at least two if not more. Monolith is soon to release a Hypex module amp, fwiw, altho their current AB amps are also attractive.

That's good news, and in surprising because ATI has already done that (the AT5xxNC series) for a few years now.

 

[lovinthehd]

That's good news, and in surprising because ATI has already done that (the AT5xxNC series) for a few years now.

Here's a thread (MakeMineVinyl being an ATI employee fwiw) https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/news-monolith-amp-with-hypex-amplification.27613/#post-957367

 

[ryanosaur]

That's good news, and in surprising because ATI has already done that (the AT5xxNC series) for a few years now.

This is one of those things that's been in my wish list for a while... considering the relationship with ATI, my suspicion is ATI is working on their own update as well. I suspect these will come to market for Monolith as straight Amps with SMPS rather than ATI's "linear power supply" and "input stage" (Torroid and OP Amp/input buffer?). That would make assembly easier for Monolith if they take that on, and make the product much more affordable.

 

[PENG]

This is one of those things that's been in my wish list for a while... considering the relationship with ATI, my suspicion is ATI is working on their own update as well. I suspect these will come to market for Monolith as straight Amps with SMPS rather than ATI's "linear power supply" and "input stage" (Torroid and OP Amp/input buffer?). That would make assembly easier for Monolith if they take that on, and make the product much more affordable.

I sure hope so. Back then ATI may not have enough confidence with Hypex's SMPS but by now, they may.

 

[ryanosaur]

I sure hope so. Back then ATI may not have enough confidence with Hypex's SMPS but by now, they may.

Don't forget, though, that all the other Specialty Hypex Builds like Nord and Apollon... they all use a custom input buffer. How much of ATI was assuaging the delicate sensibilities of the Audiophile by choosing a linear supply and specialty OP Amp input stage?

 

[PENG]

Don't forget, though, that all the other Specialty Hypex Builds like Nord and Apollon... they all use a custom input buffer. How much of ATI was assuaging the delicate sensibilities of the Audiophile by choosing a linear supply and specialty OP Amp input stage?

Yes I would say they have their own input buffer for sure. You can tell by their gain specs.