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There's always Audiogon if you are comfortable with it. I have purchased a few things on there and it's worked out all right. You can get a 3 channel Acurus for $425 US. Of course you would have to get them to ship it to you. Acurus A200X3 There's also an A250 (2 channel) on Canuck audio Mart. Acurus A250
2xM80 VP180 2xQS8 2xM3 HSU STF3 LG 60PS11 Denon 3808 ATI 1506 LCR 2xATI 1502 Oppo BDP-83
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I read your posts with the voice of Skipper. 
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230W is quite possibly in the range you are able to get out of the Pioneer give or take a few watts, at least that is what I can get out of my 3808, so I am looking for double that, 500W, for an outboard amp.
You could look for a cheap mono amp to drive the center or even use that one you linked to in bridged mode. I doubt it, my pio is rated around 110w/channel for 20hz-20khz. This is a vendor info and can't find the real output that the AVR is capable for an indefinite time range. This could be a peak rating.
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110 into 8ohms equates out to about 170W into 4ohms providing that spec isn't peak. The difference from 170 to 230 would be about 1-2 db, barely noticeable at all. This is why I look at a doubling of the 8ohm spec to really gain any improvement. So you would need an amp with 220W into 8 ohms this would give you ~300W into the M80s, a noticeable SPL increase and lots of headroom for them at lower volumes.
Jason
M80 v2
VP160 v3
QS8 v2
PB13 Ultra
Denon 3808
Samsung 85" Q70
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110 into 8ohms equates out to about 170W into 4ohms providing that spec isn't peak. The difference from 170 to 230 would be about 1-2 db, barely noticeable at all. This is why I look at a doubling of the 8ohm spec to really gain any improvement. So you would need an amp with 220W into 8 ohms this would give you ~300W into the M80s, a noticeable SPL increase and lots of headroom for them at lower volumes. the emo xpa3 will (at 539US) will cost me 975$CDN shipped to my door. Cost of Product: 539$ Duties: 8% 43.12 Brokerage Fees: 33 Subtotal: 615.12 GST:5% 30.76 PST: 7.5% 46.13 Freight: 94 Subtotal:170.89 Total: 786.01$ US CDN: 973$CDN A Behringer ep2500 is 440$CDN for a 2 ch. So 440x2 (two amps) = 880$ +taxes + shipping + 4x RCA to XLR cables since the signal is going from unbalanced to balanced XLR, there is a good chance of signal noises which requires an external device. I'm always back to square one on this.. The Behringer A500 looked like a compromise but it looks unreliable from the hundred of posts I gathered..
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The Crown, as far as I can tell has good reviews.
Jason
M80 v2
VP160 v3
QS8 v2
PB13 Ultra
Denon 3808
Samsung 85" Q70
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The Crown, as far as I can tell has good reviews. you still need rca to xlr + a external box to convert unbalanced to balanced signal, otherwise you'll be dealing with noise.
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There seems to be a number of people simply running the amp with the adapters and no noise.
Jason
M80 v2
VP160 v3
QS8 v2
PB13 Ultra
Denon 3808
Samsung 85" Q70
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Are the fans audible on those types of amps?
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The A1400 is only balanced, isn't it? What are people using with those?
M80s/VP160/QS8s/EP350; M22s; M3s.
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