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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.

 

candyisdandy
emergingsoul
1,132 posts
 

Mcintosh five channel amplifier would be perfect. I got one and it's plenty of power

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jafant
19,602 posts
 

candyisdandy

 

As above, Anthem 225i or Rotel 1095 is a sweet match.

 

Happy Listening!

wdwasse
7 posts
 

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 !   :  )

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wspohn
603 posts
 

I currently use an Ascom 7605 but have also used ATI and was quite happy too.

zagorskia
5 posts
 

I listened to both the A51 and Rotel 6 yrs ago.  Both are awesome.  I liked the Parasound better.  More muscle.  If I had to do again I would get the A31 for the front three and a A23 for the back or even the 2125 v 2 new classic for the back.  Unless you are driving big surrounds the A51 is overkill.  My 2 cents.

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