I need help to decide on multi channel amp config.

Hi Dave

Thanks again

I have already installed a dedicated circuit for this HT/music room. Besides the two amps and the sub,the same circuit will feed AC to the rest of small (powerconsumptionwise)equipment: Pre-Proc, players and cable boxes. Do you think that is good enough?

Respect to the comparison, I agree that is the best way to choose, unfortunately I will not be able to do it because there are not local dealers for these brands. Even in the US I think Aragon dealers would not carry Paradigm speakers and viceversa. So its hard to find a salesman than could give me an honest pinion based on a A-B test.

The only thing I have heard from dealers is that Aragon MC amps have been tailored for the Klipsch speakers (K. owns Aragon) and Paradigm dealers would say Aragon amps suck as compared to Rotels (they usually do not carry Rotels).

Still waiting for some help from someone who has tried both amps.

Alfredo

thanks for the advise
that would eliminate option 1.
Any comments respect to comparing options 2 and 3? (Aragon 5 + 2 vs Rotel 5 +2 )
alfredo

Thanks for you co
mments!
One more question:
I have been told that bi-amping my paradigm studio 100's without an active crossover will be worthless..do you agree?

the person who said that claims that "passive bi-amping" - as he calls it- consisting in just removing the bridges between the tow pairs of posts in the back of the speaker and feeding each set of posts with a diferent amp is a "dubious benefit" that he would not recomend, as opossed to doing the same with prior active filtering to send to each set of posts only part of the spectrum.

what do you think?...do you passive bi-amp?

regards

alfredo