I am sure quality matters and you are more likely, for the same outlay, to get better quality components in a single chassis than two. Having said that, if money is no object and I am afraid it always is an object, if you are'nt a Hedge Fund Manager, then a manufacturers "Statement" Mono blocks should sound better than his stereo amp or intagrated. The best sound I have ever heard, was with Wilson Alexias and I am not a Wilson fan, with D'Agostino pre and Monoblocks, Transparent cables. Dan came over to England for the weekend to demo and talk about them, no less. I expect the speaker cable cost more than my system.
As an aside, people have mentioned short interconnects, long speaker cables, V the opposite, assuming you are using XLR's for long interconnect runs, are there theoretical reasons that mean short or long runs of either, should be better?
As an aside, people have mentioned short interconnects, long speaker cables, V the opposite, assuming you are using XLR's for long interconnect runs, are there theoretical reasons that mean short or long runs of either, should be better?