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Advantages of monoblocks

Hey all,

The merry-go-round, which had stopped for a while, is now showing signs of a slow circular movement. In nautical and financial terms this is usually never a good sign.

Anyhow, I'm running a quite good LSA Statement integrated now, powering de Capo BE monitors. I was wondering if monoblocks and a good pre-amp would be a better way to go?

I last had monoblocks when I ran Rogue M120's about a decade ago befor moving on to an ARC VS-110.

Would monoblocks present a significant advantage over a single amplifier or over the tremendous LSA?

They would have to be used and my budget is $4K max.

Cheers,

simao
simao

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reynolds853
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Simao,

I agree with Al and the others who are skeptical of replacing your integrated with $4k worth of used mono blocks and preamp. I recently went from a Rogue 99 Magnum preamp/M180 mono block system to an Ayon Triton 1 integrated amp and I couldn't be happier. In my opinion the Ayon integrated was an upgrade. And while I wasn't using the most expensive interconnects in the world in the Rogue system, the $1100 Kimber Select interconnect between the preamp and amps weren't exactly cheap. That is to say that if you are going to include good interconnects in your $4k budget it is hard to imagine that compared to what you already have that you are going to improve your system. Most likely you would be taking a significant step backwards.

Cheers,

John
reynolds853
388 posts
 
Ait,

I hadn't come across any of your posts since those I read on the capacitor thread. I valued your comments and it was good to find your post here.

Cheers,

John
reynolds853
388 posts
 
Simao,

As you might surmise from my system I like Ayon gear. They make some DACs that you might consider.
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