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Re: AV receivers/multi-channel amps What the diff?
KC23 #149671 10/19/06 02:52 PM
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Hi KC23,

Sure, the Outlaw 2200 monoblocs are excellent value and lots of customers like them. Other brands that are well-designed and have good quality control include Anthem, Parasound, and Bryston (expensive but you pay up front for the 20-year warranty ).

I'm on the page that a well-designed solid-state amplifier, so long as it has insignificant distortion measurements, doesn't use a lot of negative feedback, has a linear frequency response and isn't driven past its output limits, does not have a "sound" of its own when it's compared to similar amplifiers in a controlled double-blind test.

So far, no-one has demonstrated otherwise to me, and in the amplifier listening tests in which I've participated, I've never heard a particle of difference, even after days of listening comparisons. NOTE: these comments do not apply to any vacuum-tube amplifiers. Those can be all over the map in terms of impedance interactions and non-linear frequency response, which can be quite audible, as well as other anomalies.

Of course, if you want to hear a difference, and you do casual listening tests where you know which brand you're listening to and its price, etc., then of course you will hear a difference, especially if you've paid $10,000 for the amplifier!


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Re: AV receivers/multi-channel amps What the diff?
alan #149672 10/19/06 05:52 PM
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Hi KC,

I have just added a 3rd Outlaw monoblock. Basically I drive my M80's and my VP150 from the amps relieving my receiver of the trouble. I have a decent midrange Harman kardon receiver....its now good to handle the surround and rear surrounds. IMHO the amps make the 3 front channels sound a little more crisp.

-Tarun


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Re: AV receivers/multi-channel amps What the diff?
Tarun #149673 10/19/06 10:23 PM
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All,

Thanks for the feedback. Can't wait to finish putting this system together.

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