Wow guys, one has too choose it’s words carefully and be fully declared…..
i want a better amp than my avr for the fronts, if or if not the atmos channels are the culprit. ( there is a noticeable difference between two channel and multichannel usage)
i like to listen to f*ing loud music occasionally , where i hoover between -5 and 0 db, i think my system would perform better with more performing amplification ( yes i know that 250 watts only would add 3db to 2x125watts) .
I agree with you. I bet you are right. People here think that AVR are the ultimate Hi-Fi device when they are actually a pox on humanity, and not a sensible construct at all.
I use separates throughout on all my three systems. An AVR is never something I would put in any system I designed. I can tell you that Atmos speakers actually do take more power than suggested here. I am powering my Atmos speakers with two Quad 405-2 current dumping amps, which are highly efficient, and yet get significantly warm but not hot driving the Atmos speakers crossed at 120 Hz. Also member here think all the power in the bass, despite the fact I keep telling them they are dead wrong. Almost all the power is between 80 Hz and 2,500 Hz. Most power is required in that range. I would say the majority of speakers are actually deficient in the resources their designers allowed for that range. I design for tons of resources in that pass band. When a system is designed like that it is an absolute revelation and joy, because it reproduces music with proper dynamic and impact.
By the way, I would not worry about the reliability of good class D amps now, versus other topologies. Any failure of any amp is likely to present issues.
I just use Quad current dumpers, as I knew the designer and owner really well, and have amassed a pretty large collection of his amps. I know my way around them for service. He was a brilliant and very nice sensible chap. All his user manuals carried a clear circuit diagram, and he always published excellent service manuals for all his designs. They are all models of what service manuals should be. Unfortunately he was one of a kind. Fortunately he made huge contributions to the science and art of audio reproduction.
