I like the Rotel 1585 MKII from your selection options, I use a (2) 1585's in my system with an array of speakers from their 700 series with exceptional results, if for whatever reason you need additional power in a (2) channel setting the Rotel 1590 is also a worthy piece for your consideration, in my case I pair them with a Marantz 8805. Best of luck to you in your search I hope it works out as well as ours has with whatever choices you end up with ! : )
B&W 805 D4: which 5 channel power amp should I go with (home theater): Parasound or Rotel
Hearing Hans Zimmer score play during scenes from The Dark Knight, Inception & Interstellar is life changing. The 805 D4 works great for l/r speaker for movies. Of course I need to add a center channel which would either be the HTM81 D4 or the HTM82 D4 but I’ll save that for another discussion.
Here are the power amps I’m looking at:
Parasound:
- Halo A 51
- Halo A 52+
Rotel:
- RMB-1585
- RMB-1585MKII
I’m not able to go into an audio store to test out power amps so I would like your expert opinion on which might work better with these speakers or if you have any recommendations for 5 channel power amp then I would gladly go take a look at those online.
Thank you for your time.